Sydney Covid community transmission spreads outside northern beaches as cluster grows to 83
by Elias Visontay and Paul Karp from on (#5BX4Y)
NSW government continues to refuse to make mask use compulsory as 15 new coronavirus cases reported
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Sydney's northern beaches coronavirus cluster has spread across the city, with transmission events recorded in the CBD, north shore and inner-west.
However authorities in New South Wales are continuing to defend their decision to allow mask use to be voluntary, as the cluster centred in the locked-down northern beaches grows by 15 to a total of 83 cases, after a record 38,578 Sydneysiders were tested on Sunday.
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