The number of new coronavirus cases in NSW is back in double digits as the NSW Health Minister expresses his agitation over people ignoring social distancing rules on three Sydney beaches which have been shut again.
The NSW Health Minister has expressed his disappointment in people who flouted social distancing rules on Sydney beaches after council relaxed the lockdown for their benefit.Testing rates fell to 4,840 compared to 7,352 the previous dayIn the last 24 hours there has been a slight rise in coronavirus infections in NSW with 12 new cases, four at the Newmarch House aged care facility in western Sydney.
Of the four, two were residents and two were staff, bringing the total number of cases at the Anglicare facility to 48 .This morning, swathes of people descended on Randwick beaches after the council decided yesterday to close the beaches again, with the exception of a three-hour window between 6:00am to 9:00am.
Coogee, Clovelly and Maroubra were shut early on Friday after people failed to adhere to the rules that the beaches were to be used for exercise only."I have to express a degree of disappointment and agitation about the fact that some people, when the rules are relaxed, when we try and do the right thing by giving people the opportunity to have some outside exercise, [they] are disregarding the very strong message of social distancing," he said.
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