NSW Covid update: rules tightened in western Sydney as state reaches record-high of 239 daily cases

Premier Gladys Berejiklian said she expects case numbers to rise as the state records two further deaths related to the outbreak

The number of new local Covid-19 infections inhas spiked to 239 – an all time pandemic high – as the government tightens restrictions on masks and movement in eight council hotspots in west and south-west Sydney.– taking the death toll for the outbreak to 13., acknowledged the number of locally acquired cases would get worse in coming days, given the high number of people infectious while in the community.

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