Health authorities say a spike in COVID-19 cases in the New South Wales Central West has occurred among people who are not vaccinated.
Seven infections have been detected in the Western Local Health District in the latest reporting period, and all are in Orange.
They are spread across two households in the city.
"That makes nine cases since October 23, so a warning to the community — there have been people infectious in the community," said Western LHD chief executive Scott McLachlan.
"We know that more than half of those nine cases are in chlidren [and] we also know that none of the nine cases have been vaccinated, whether they are eligible or not.
Reprieve for Bathurst
Bathurst has not recorded any new cases of coronavirus in the latest 24 hours after detecting 16 infections since Saturday.
Bathurst Regional Council Mayor Ian North has urged residents to come out to get tested and vaccinated.
"We know by being vaccinated we're going to protect ourselves very well and people aren't going to get as sick as they were," Cr North said.
"It's a matter of let's keep getting tested, let's keep getting vaccinated."
Concerns had been raised about Bathurst's vaccination rates which are amongst the lowest in the Western LHD.
"We have seen an increase in Bathurst in the last couple of days but it's still around five per cent lower than both Orange and Dubbo," Mr McLachlan said.
Cr North said the state government had indicated lockdowns would no longer be used to manage outbreaks.
"If there's exposures let's get on top of that and deal with those exposures as quick as we can and move forward from there," he said.
The Western LHD says it has the state's highest rate of double doses among children aged between 12 and 15, with 68.1 per cent immunised against COVID-19.
The NSW figure is 51.3 per cent.
The number of people in western NSW aged 16 and over who have had both jabs has reached 87.2 per cent, which is around 3 per cent above the state rate.
