Here's what you need to know this morning.
Coronavirus closes South Coast schools
The Southern NSW Local Health District has confirmed three new coronavirus cases on the far South Coast.
Authorities say one student from Batemans Bay Public School and two students from Batemans Bay High School have tested positive to the virus.
"All staff and students are asked to self-isolate while contact tracing occurs," a statement from the high school read.
"They're likely to both reopen on Wednesday for on-site teaching and learning, subject to the thorough cleaning process being completed," the NSW Department of Education's Murat Dizdar told the ABC.
A pop-up coronavirus testing clinic will operate at Hanging Rock for the rest of this week.
Chant denies Newmarch House 'precedent'
NSW's Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant denies there was a "policy" to stop coronavirus-infected elderly residents from Sydney’s Newmarch House from being transferred to hospital, despite conflicting evidence to the Aged Care Royal Commission.
Senior counsel assisting Peter Rozen QC yesterday told the commission there was a "stand-off" between federal and state health officials over whether residents who tested positive from Newmarch House should be transferred to hospital.
He said an email quoting NSW Health said "the preference" was not to send residents into hospitals "given the precedent it would set".
Dr Chant said she was "happy to learn from any mistakes" but: "There wasn't to my awareness a fixed policy that people could not get removed for care, it's based on individual case assessment".
Cancer patients locked out by border
A NSW Member of Parliament at the Queensland border says many cancer patients are missing out on vital medical treatment due to the state's border restrictions.
Tweed MP Geoff Provest said the hard border lockdown was preventing patients from travelling to Brisbane hospitals for chemotherapy.
Mr Provest said he was seeking an exemption from the Queensland Government to allow a 16-year-old cancer patient to travel to Brisbane to receive his treatment.
"There are a number of cancer sufferers here in the Tweed that seek services over the border and the new restrictions were put in place without any fine detail," he said.
NSW coronavirus cases are low — here's why
As Victorian coronavirus cases surged, NSW shut the border and held its breath, hoping the state would not see a similar outbreak — and it hasn't.
Since July 8, the daily increase of NSW's coronavirus cases has not exceeded 21, hovering somewhere between that figure and five each day.
"What's particularly concerning are these mystery cases that aren't linked to any cluster — and there's been eight this week," epidemiologist Fiona Stanaway said.
Here's how NSW has so far avoided a spike in coronavirus cases.
SES take stock of flood damage
Damage assessments will ramp up today after four days of wild weather battered the NSW coast from Sydney to the far South Coast.
The NSW State Emergency Service said over 800 volunteers have responded to 2,035 calls for help since Friday evening.
Almost half of those were in the Illawarra, Southern Highlands and in the South Coast region, where two flooded communities were evacuated on Sunday.
Stephanie Herd from the SES said residents would be notified soon about when they could return home.
"We're really moving into recovery … hopefully after that, we will be able to issue the all clears and get people back into their properties," she said.
