COVID-19 PCR test services under strain, premier warns, as NSW records 6,394 new infections

NSW has hit another national record for daily COVID-19 infections, recording 6,394 cases on Sunday as shoppers take to the streets for Boxing Day sales.

Shoppers walk in Sydney's CBD on 24 December. Source: Getty

New South Wales has recorded another national record of daily COVID-19 infections, with Premier Dominic Perrottet urging people to carefully consider their need for a PCR test as wait-times balloon. 

NSW reported 6,394 new COVID-19 cases and zero deaths reported on Sunday as shoppers took to the streets for Boxing Day sales across Australia. 

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