Visitors to a popular shopping centre are urged to monitor for coronavirus symptoms as NSW records just three new cases of COVID-19 overnight
- New South Wales has recorded just three new coronavirus cases on Tuesday
- One of the cases has been linked to the funeral cluster in South Western Sydney
- Another was a returned traveller in hotel quarantine, one is under investigation
Residents are being urged to remain vigilant after New South Wales recorded just three new COVID-19 cases.
Of the new cases announced on Tuesday, one has been linked to the funeral cluster in South Western Sydney, while one was a returned traveller in hotel quarantine.
One is of the cases remains a mystery and is still under investigation. There were 13,736 tests undertaken in the 24 hour period.
While it is the lowest number of new cases for NSW in more than a month, health authorities have asked residents to remain cautious as there have been 16 cases in the past four weeks which were not linked to any clusters.
Unknown community transmissions are the most dangerous category in the pandemic as it means the virus is still spreading undetected.
Customers who visited Bankstown Central Shopping Centre on Saturday, August 8 have been urged to get tested for the deadly virus after an infected shopper visited the area between 10am and 3pm
A member of the presentation and hygiene team cleans handrails at Broadway Shopping Centre in Sydney on August 6
'It is vital to maintain high rates of testing at this critical time, in order to find the source of these cases still under investigation,' NSW health said.
'Anyone with even the mildest of symptoms – including runny nose, sore throat, cough, or loss of taste and smell – to come forward for testing as the best way to protect their family, friends and wider community.'
Areas on high alert include South Western Sydney, Western Sydney and Sydney east, including Surry Hills, Darlinghurst, Woolloomooloo, Potts Point, Rushcutters Bay, Elizabeth Bay and Centennial Park.
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Customers who visited Bankstown Central Shopping Centre on Saturday, August 8 have been urged to get tested for the deadly virus after an infected shopper visited the area between 10am and 3pm.
An infected shopper also visited the Sydney Market in Flemington on Sunday, August 9, between 8am and 4pm.
Anyone who attended either venue during those times are considered casual contacts. Health authorities have asked people monitor for symptoms and immediately get tested and isolate if symptoms occur.
Members of the Broadway Shopping Centre team are seen wearing face masks through the mall
An airline passenger from Melbourne is checked off by NSW Police at Sydney Airport on August 8. All passengers from Melbourne must go into hotel quarantine
On Monday NSW Health declared the City of Sydney a coronavirus hotspot on Monday following recent confirmed cases in the east including at Cafe Peron in Double Bay and the Den Sushi restaurant in Rose Bay.
The move comes after the Thai Rock restaurant in Potts Point sparked an outbreak of 37 cases and a number of new infections linked to CBD venues surfaced over the past two weeks.
The virus is steadily burning through the state having jumped the border from Victoria, as increasing numbers of outbreaks and clusters infect suburb after suburb.
A man is seen wearing a face mask as he waits for a train at Redfern Station in Sydney
Two commuters are seen wearing face masks as they wait for a bus near Railway Square in Sydney
The majority of outbreaks have come from pubs, restaurants and schools.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian warned 'that the 'mystery' community transmission cases where no known cause is found are the biggest risk.
'Whilst the case numbers have pleasingly been declining, my anxiety remains the same – if not higher – because every week we have an accumulation of undetected, unsourced cases,' she said.
Epidemiologists have warned that some people who carry the coronavirus show no symptoms at all, so this will not prevent the virus from spreading through asymptomatic carriers.
While most other states and territories in Australia are largely virus-free, Victoria continues to struggle to subdue its outbreak.
Two young women wearing masks are seen walking along the Williamstown foreshore as part of their daily exercise while in lockdown. Authorities say the lockdown appears to be working in slowing the infection rate
The latest figures mark the deadliest day in Australia's fight against COVID-19, surpassing the record figures set by Victoria last Wednesday, when 21 people died. This graph illustrates the closing gap between new daily case numbers and daily deaths
Victoria recorded another 222 cases and 17 deaths on Tuesday - a significant drop from a record high of 725 cases on August 6.
But experts claim the figures are not falling fast enough despite the state's extreme lockdown measures, which were introduced on July 30.
If coronavirus cases don't drop as steeply as hoped, Victorians could face extended restrictions, which would be another blow to Australia's economy.
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