Three of the 10 new COVID-19 cases in NSW linked to CBD cluster
NSW has recorded 10 new cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm Saturday, bringing the total number of cases in the state to 3925.
Of the 10 new cases, six are locally acquired, including two with no known source - a man in his 40s from northern Sydney and a child who attends Lidcombe Public School.
The Kincoppal school at Rose Bay will close on Monday after two students tested positive for the virus. Credit:Louise Kennerley
Investigations are under way, NSW Health said.
Victoria has reported 63 new cases and five deaths on Sunday which is down from 76 new cases and 11 deaths for Saturday. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews is expected to present his plan on Sunday for the state's recovery out of lockdown.
In NSW, three of the new cases are linked to the Sydney CBD cluster, including two year 7 students at Kincoppal Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart, taking the cluster to 64 cases.
The secondary school will be closed on Monday, but the junior school and early learning centre will be open.
One of the new cases - a woman in her 30s from south-west Sydney - is linked to a previously reported case.
Four new cases are returned travellers in hotel quarantine.
There were 38,526 tests carried out in the last 24-hour reporting period, including 18,956 negative tests conducted by a private laboratory between August 10 and September 2 but were not previously reported due to an issue that has since been resolved, NSW Health said.
There are 90 COVID-19 patients being treated by NSW Health, including seven in intensive care.
The latest NSW Health COVID-19 surveillance report revealed the CBD cluster has its roots in the Bankstown funerals cluster first detected weeks ago.
On August 25 South Eastern Sydney Public Health Unit was notified of two cases of COVID-19 in eastern suburbs residents.
There was no immediately obvious link between the two people, but after a few more cases were detected, investigators traced them back to the City Tattersalls gym on Pitt Street.
People who had visited the gym unknowingly spread the virus to several workplaces, businesses, homes, via public transport and at schools.
Whole-genome sequencing then revealed the outbreak was related to cases from the Bankstown cluster.
But the person who introduced the infection to City Tattersalls has not been identified.
Meanwhile, NSW's first major COVID-19 outbreak linked to Victoria’s second wave has officially been "closed" by health authorities.
There have been no new cases linked to the Crossroads Hotel at Casula since August 1, and two incubation periods have passed since the last case.
“There is no ongoing public health risk. This cluster is now closed,” the latest NSW Health surveillance report says.
NSW has 11 active clusters, eight of which haven’t reported new cases for over a week.
NSW's most common COVID-19 symptoms
Most cases in NSW have reported mild respiratory illness.
Cough was the most common symptom (58 per cent of cases) followed by fatigue (55 per cent), headache (47 per cent), fever (39 per cent) and a sore throat (37 per cent).
One in five cases reported severe respiratory symptoms, including pneumonia, shortness of breath or acute respiratory disease.
Older people had more severe respiratory symptoms such as shortness of breath, pneumonia, and acute respiratory distress.
Young children were more likely to report no symptoms during their initial interview with NSW Health.
Among children aged under five, cough was the most common symptom (38 per cent) followed by runny nose (34 per cent), fever (32 per cent), diarrhoea or nausea and vomiting (26 per cent).
Primary school-aged children (five to 11 year-olds) reported having a runny nose (37 per cent), headache (30 per cent), cough (29 per cent), sore throat (24 per cent) and fever (22 per cent).
High school-aged children (12–17 year-olds) had cough (44 per cent), headache (43 per cent), runny nose (43 per cent), sore throat (41 per cent) and fatigue (36 per cent).
Adults aged between 18 and 79 had the same top five symptoms of cough, fatigue, headache, fever and sore throat, sometimes in varying order.
Older adults (aged over 80) had cough (66 per cent), fatigue (42 per cent), fever (37 per cent), shortness of breath (26 per cent) and diarrhoea and/or nausea and vomiting (24 per cent).