NSW has not seen the worst yet

Greater Sydney and surrounding regions are in lockdown until at least August 28 and the NSW Hunter will be locked down for a week as health authorities battle to contain an outbreak of the virulent Delta strain.

Vaccination Centre Homebush Sydney Source: AAP Image/David Gray

New South Wales has registered a record 633 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 and three new deaths - but Premier Gladys Berejiklian is warning the state still hasn't seen "the worst of it" yet.


New South Wales has registered a record 633 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 and three new deaths - but Premier Gladys Berejiklian is warning the state still hasn't seen "the worst of it" yet.

Of the new infections recorded to 8pm Tuesday, at least 62 were infectious in the community and the isolation status of 447 remains under investigation.

Ms Berejiklian said 550 of the new cases were from the COVID-stricken southwestern and Western Sydney areas in hard lockdowns.

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