Morning mail: NSW Covid inquiry, Cuomo resigns, Jock Zonfrillo’s memoir

Thursday: Cases climb as state ministers face a parliamentary inquiry into their handling of the crisis. Plus: celebrity chef's memoir stirs the pot

Good morning. The Covid crisis in NSW shows no signs of abating, with another record number of cases yesterday. New York governor Andrew Cuomo has resigned over a sexual harassment scandal and Virginia Roberts Giuffre has filed a lawsuit against Prince Andrew. We also have the latest in the controversy surrounding the MasterChef judge Jock Zonfrillo's memoir, which is stirring a few pots.

NSW police are investigating a man who reportedly left a Covid-infected family member in a Sydney hospital and travelled to Byron Bay while infectious with the virus. Byron Bay and three other local government areas on the state's north coast were placed into a snap seven-day lockdown after it emerged that the man was in the community for up to eight days, during which time he reportedly did not comply with QR code check-in requirements at venues. The state reported a record 356 local Covid cases and three deaths as its chief health officer, Dr Kerry Chant, repeatedly ducked questions at a parliamentary committee on whether she urged the government to introduce a lockdown during a 10-day window between the first community case of Delta in Sydney and stay-at-home orders being issued on 25 June.