NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian reports 35 new Covid cases as Sydney lockdown hits halfway mark
by Michael McGowan from on (#5KTXJ)
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The New South Wales premier, Gladys Berejiklian, has declared the green shoots are there" in Sydney's Covid-19 outbreak despite the state recording another 35 cases of the virus, the highest daily count in more than a year.
At the halfway point of Sydney's two-week lockdown, the outbreak has grown to 261 cases since a Bondi limousine driver tested positive on 16 June, spreading from the city's eastern suburbs to new outbreaks of concern.
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