NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard is in isolation as a 'close contact of a positive case' By Alana Mazzoni For Daily Mail Australia Published: 21:50 BST, 23 June 2021 | Updated: 21:55 BST, 23 June 2021 Viewcomments NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard is in isolation after potentially coming into close contact with a Covid-infected person. Mr Hazzard believes the suspected positive case is someone who works in NSW Parliament. 'When I woke up at about 5.30am there was a text message that had come in sometime during the night telling me that a case had been detected as a likely positive and that I was a possible close contact,' he told the ABC. 'It emphasises how dangerous this Delta [variant] is.' The so-called Bondi cluster now stands at 31, after an unvaccinated Sydney airport limousine driver earlier this month tested positive to the highly infectious Delta variant, which quickly started spreading at Bondi Junction's busy Westfield shopping centre. NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard is in isolation after potentially coming into close contact with a Covid-infected person NSW recorded 10 locally acquired cases to 8pm on Tuesday, seven of which were already announced. An additional 13 cases were reported after 8pm, which will be counted in Thursday's official tally. Overall, there were 16 new cases reported on Wednesday, taking the total number of infections to 31. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is urging people to 'abandon non-essential activities' after introducing new rules for residents in Greater Sydney, the Central Coast, Blue Mountains, Wollongong and Shellharbour on Wednesday. A household guest limit of five, including children, and the four-square-metre rule indoors and outdoors were introduced alongside mandatory masks in all indoor non-residential settings, including workplaces. 'The NSW government will not hesitate to go further and harder if we have to,' she said. Residents who live or work in the City of Sydney, Waverley, Randwick, Canada Bay, Inner West, Bayside, and Woollahra local government areas cannot travel outside the metropolitan area unless it's absolutely essential. Masks must also be worn to gym classes, which are now limited to 20 people. Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility