NSW records 19 new local coronavirus cases, including two still under investigation

Nine of the new cases were infectious while in the community, health authorities said, as they warned of the potential for further infections.

A person is tested at a coronavirus testing facility at Bondi Beach in Sydney. Source: AAP

New South Wales has reported 19 new locally transmitted coronavirus cases, with the source of two infections still under investigation. 

Health authorities said nine of the new cases detected in the 24 hours to 8pm Monday were infectious while in the community amid ongoing concerns over the highly contagious Delta variant. Seven of the cases were in isolation for the entirety of their infectious period.

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