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Greater Sydney lockdown to be extended by four weeks as Covid cases continue to rise
NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian will announce the extension on Wednesday after the state reported 172 new local Delta cases – a record for this outbreak
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Greater Sydney will remain locked down for a further four weeks after the NSW cabinet agreed to the plan at a crisis meeting to discuss the rising number of Delta cases within the state.
It is understood the premier, Gladys Berejiklian, will announce the extension on Wednesday morning after NSW reported a record 172 local cases of Covid on Tuesday. A third of the new cases were in the community while infectious.
Read the original article at The Guardian