Gladys Berejiklian hints parts of Sydney maybe fenced with tighter restrictions

Gladys Berejiklian hints parts of Sydney maybe fenced with tighter restrictions
Gladys Berejiklian hints parts of Sydney maybe fenced with tighter restrictions

Sydney could be in for at least another month of lockdown with some parts of the city whacked with tougher restrictions than others.  

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said during her Tuesday update that a strategy of restrictions and vaccination would be the state's 'recipe for freedom'.

The state reported 172 new Covid cases, the highest of the outbreak so far, with at least 79 circulating in the community for all or part of their infectious period.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said on Tuesday Covid cases numbers were increasing in the city's west (pictured: Auburn residents in lockdown)

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said on Tuesday Covid cases numbers were increasing in the city's west (pictured: Auburn residents in lockdown) 

Victorian Premier Dan Andrews said on Tuesday his snap lockdown would be winding up after cases from the outbreak which began in Sydney's east leaked across the border.

South Australia, which dealt with a smaller outbreak from a returned Australian who was still infectious when he left hotel quarantine, is also getting out of lockdown. 

Ms Berejiklian said the same would be the case for Orange in regional NSW but case numbers in Sydney prevented any significant easing of restrictions.

'We have our own course here in NSW. We have a mission to keep our community safe and also ensure we can live more freely - but clearly we are not at that stage yet,' she said. 

'There is no doubt the NSW government does need to consider some difficult decisions. We don't want people infectious in the community when we open up. 

'We've seen around the world when you have too many people who are infectious in the community and you open up to early, countries that have claimed to have done well with Covid, that have much higher vaccination rates than ours have failed with delta because they opened up too early.

'We don't want to waste the great work that we've done.'

While Victoria will lift a snap lockdown this week, Sydneysiders look to be in for at least another month of restrictions

While Victoria will lift a snap lockdown this week, Sydneysiders look to be in for at least another month of restrictions  

The city's south-west has been where the bulk of cases were being found in the outbreak, but Ms Berejiklian said the community efforts had contributed to a drop in recent days - adding that the area of concern had moved towards the city's west.

Of the 172 locally acquired cases reported to 8pm last night, 65 are from South Western Sydney Local Health District - down from 72 the previous day. 

However, 54 are from Western Sydney Local Health District - up from 32 the previous day.

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