NSW Covid update: 177 new cases as some construction restrictions lifted and Sydney lockdown extended by a month
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State records highest number of infections since latest outbreak as 40,000 Pfizer doses diverted to vaccinate year 12 students in Sydney hotspots
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The New South Wales government has lifted restrictions on many construction sites outside of Covid hotspots to allow the industry to resume, as the state recorded its highest number of coronavirus cases in the latest Delta variant outbreak and announced a month-long extension to the greater Sydney lockdown.
Out of a total of 94,532 tests, NSW recorded 177 new locally acquired cases of Covid on Wednesday. Of those, 68 people were in the community during their infectious period and the isolation status of 62 cases remains under investigation.
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