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NSW Covid-19 hotspots: list of regional and Sydney outbreak locations

A pop-up coronavirus testing clinic at Rushcutters Bay in Sydney on 29 July as the NSW coronavirus outbreak spread to restaurants and other venues in Sydney’s east. Check our full list of regional and Sydney Covid-19 hotspots and locations.
A pop-up coronavirus testing clinic at Rushcutters Bay in Sydney on 29 July as the NSW coronavirus outbreak spread to restaurants and other venues in Sydney’s east. Check our full list of regional and Sydney Covid-19 hotspots and locations. Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP

New South Wales has seen an uptick in community transmission of coronavirus in recent weeks, putting the state on high alert to prevent further spread.

Many cases can be traced back to the Crossroads Hotel cluster and the Thai Rock restaurant in Wetherill Park, but new locations have cropped up in the news briefings each day.

Here is an overview of the state’s current hotspots and what to do if you’ve visited them. More detailed information is available at the NSW Health website.

List of outbreaks in NSW

If you were at the following venues on these dates you must get tested and self-isolate for 14 days, even if your test is negative.

  • Wildginger restaurant, Huskisson: 7.45pm to 10.30pm on Saturday 8 August

  • Dooleys Lidcombe Catholic Club, Lidcombe: 5pm on Friday 7 August to 6.30am on Saturday 8 August; 4.30pm to 11.30pm on Saturday 8 August; 1pm to 9pm on Sunday 9 August; 12pm to 9:30pm on Monday 10 August

With the growing number of cases in the area, NSW Health is asking all people who live in, or have visited, the following areas in the past two weeks to get tested if they have any symptoms of Covid-19 at all, even the mildest of symptoms such as a runny nose or scratchy throat.

  • Campbelltown local government area (LGA)

  • Canterbury Bankstown LGA

  • Cumberland LGA

  • Fairfield LGA

  • Liverpool LGA

  • Parramatta LGA

  • City of Sydney (East) LGA

If you were at any of the following locations on these dates, monitor yourself for symptoms and self-isolate and get tested if symptoms occur.

  • Bankstown Central Shopping Centre, Bankstown: 10am to 3pm on Saturday 8 August

  • Bunnings Warehouse, Campbelltown: 11am to 7pm on Tuesday 4 August; 8am to 4pm on Wednesday 5 August; 1pm to 3pm on Thursday 6 August

  • Castle Towers Shopping Centre, Castle Hill: 3.30pm to 5pm on Friday 7 August

  • PharmaSave Cherrybrook Pharmacy in Appletree Shopping Centre, Cherrybrook: 4pm to 7pm on Thursday 6 August

  • Crust Pizza, Concord: 4pm to 8pm on Thursday 6 August; 5pm to 9pm on Friday 7 August

  • Café Perons, Double Bay: 1pm to 2pm on Saturday 8 August

  • DFO, Homebush: 10.45am to 12pm on Saturday 8 August

  • Sydney Markets Flemington, Homebush West: 8am to 4pm on Sunday, 9 August

  • Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool: 7am to 3pm on Thursday 6 August; 7am to 3pm on Friday 7 August; 5am to 1.30pm on Saturday 8 August; 5am to 1.30pm on Sunday 9 August

  • Westfield Liverpool, Liverpool: 10.30am to 11am and 12.30pm to 1pm on Friday 7 August

  • Woolworths Metro, North Strathfield: 12.15pm to 1.15pm on Saturday 8 August

  • Parramatta Local Court, Parramatta: 8.30am to 12.30pm on Tuesday 11 August; 8.30am to 12.3opm on Wednesday 12 August

  • Westfield Parramatta, Parramatta: 4pm to 5.30pm on Wednesday 5 August
    12pm to 1pm on Saturday 8 August

  • St Agatha’s, Pennant Hills: 6.30 am to 7am on Wednesday 5 August; 6.30 am to 7am on Thursday 6 August

  • Baby Bunting, Penrith: 1.15pm to 1.45pm on Saturday 8 August

  • Ikea, Rhodes: 1.20pm to 2.20pm on Saturday 8 August

  • Den Sushi, Rose Bay: 7.15pm to 8.45pm on Saturday 8 August

  • Chopstix Asian Cuisine, Smithfield RSL, Smithfield: Friday 31 July to Saturday 9 August

  • 5th Avenue Beauty Bar, Wetherill Park: 2pm to 3pm on Saturday 8 August

Coronavirus NSW case numbers
Coronavirus NSW hotspots
  • Due to the unprecedented and ongoing nature of the coronavirus outbreak, this article is being regularly updated to ensure that it reflects the current situation at the date of publication. Any significant corrections made to this or previous versions of the article will continue to be footnoted in line with Guardian editorial policy.

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