Millions of Sydneysiders are enjoying more freedoms as NSW recorded 935 new coronavirus cases and four deaths.
Residents trapped in a soul-crushing ultra-hard lockdown in the city's Covid hotspots are now enjoying the same eased restrictions as the rest of Sydney as vaccination rates edge closer to the 70 per cent double dose milestone.
More than 82.2 per cent of eligible residents have received their first Covid-19 jab while 52.7 per cent are now fully vaccinated as NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian reiterated calls for her state to not become complacent, despite declining case numbers.
Twelve local councils in the city's west and south-west with the vast majority of NSW's cases were for the past two months subjected to far more restrictions than the rest of the state.
Locals were locked inside their council area unless they were an authorised worker with a permit, subject to a 9pm to 5am curfew, only allowed out for one hour a day for exercise.
For Monday, these restrictions will disappear and they will be under the same lockdown conditions as the rest of Sydney.
These include unlimited outdoor exercise and recreation, picnics outside for five vaccinated friends, and being able to go to weddings anywhere in Sydney.
Only the permit system for authorised workers will continue.
Outdoor pools across NSW will also reopen from September 27, in time for the second week of the school holidays, provided councils have a stringent Covid safety plan approved by NSW Health. Natural pools are already permitted to be open.
Ms Berejiklian felt more comfortable removing the east-west divide with a dramatic fall in new cases to just 1,083.
However, the state also recorded 13 deaths, marking the deadliest day of the pandemic.
Sydneysiders are urged to not be complacent as more restrictions were eased on Sunday (pictured woman enjoying the Sydney sunshine)
The premier welcomed the signs the curve could be flattening but warned now wasn't the time to be complacent.
'There is not long to go, we're talking weeks before we get about 70 per cent double dose and I don't want anyone to let their guard down, this is not the time to kick back and it's over,' she said on Sunday.
'Some areas are showing decline, but other areas are still growing, and it's really important for us not to get complacent.
'If we stay the course, if we stick to the rules, we will be able to really start
