New South Wales has recorded three new coronavirus cases as health officials scramble to investigate a mystery case.
New South Wales has recorded three new coronavirus cases as health officials scramble to investigate a mystery case. Two of the cases are returned travellers in hotel quarantine and the third has been detected in the community with no known source.
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