Sydney shoppers urged to wear masks and socially distance indoors

NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard hits out at a "large gathering of people who didn't give a damn about the rest of Sydney" for heading to Bronte Beach on Christmas Day, saying he hopes it doesn't become a COVID-19 super-spreader event.

Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced nine new cases and said Greater Sydney would revert back to restrictions pre-Christmas Eve, with minor changes to gatherings in the northern beaches.

Here’s a summary of what happened on Saturday:

• NSW recorded 9 new coronavirus cases.
• The state will revert back to pre-Christmas coronavirus restrictions, with some exceptions.
• NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard slammed a gathering of 100 partygoers on Bronte Beach.
• WA recorded 6 new coronavirus cases.
• No new locally acquired coronavirus cases were recorded in Victoria, Queensland and South Australia.
• France recorded its first case of the new COVID-19 variant.