Premier Gladys Berejiklian will announce the latest COVID-19 cases in NSW after recording a new high of 919 infections on Wednesday. She announced she would reveal what some freedoms residents will see on Thursday or Friday. Watch live from 11am.
Ms Berejiklian could also announce greater freedoms for fully vaccinated residents in locked down Sydney after surpassing the state’s vaccination goal of six million jabs in arms.Sydneysiders are seen in Ashfield, in the inner west, during lockdown on Wednesday. Picture: Getty Images
Premier Gladys Berejiklian is seen during a coronavirus press conference. Picture: NCA NewsWire/ Gaye Gerard “As soon as we had all those milestones, we will have those extra freedoms,” she said during Wednesday’s press conference. “We're looking forward as a team to announce tomorrow or the day after what those are for those who are fully vaccinated.”The 919 local cases on Wednesday - found in 149,252 tests - take the state's outbreak of highly contagious Delta strain to 14,673.Greater Sydney's lockdown - which began on June 26 - has been extended until the end of September.
The outbreak emerged on June 16 after a Bondi limo driver who transports international aircrew contracted the virus.
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