NSW Covid update: entire state in lockdown as premier warns ‘this is literally a war’

Australian Medical Association says NSW health system can no longer manage' after record Delta case numbers

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New South Wales has been forced into a snap statewide lockdown after enduring its worst day of the Covid-19 pandemic so far, with 466 new cases and four deaths.

Australia's most populous state has tightened restrictions and imposed new $5,000 fines for lockdown breaches, ahead of an expected worsening of numbers in coming days.