On Saturday, Sydney was ordered a shutdown of building sites, banned non-essential retail, and threatened fines for employers who make staff come into the office as new Covid-19 cases kept rising three weeks into a citywide lockdown.
111 new cases were recorded in 24 hours in the Sydney western suburbs , the worst affected area where thousands of people are banned from leaving the immediate neighbourhood.
The state also recorded an additional death from the virus , taking the total to three since the start of the year and the national total to 913 since the pandemic began.
More than 1,000 people in the city surrounding the district have since tested positive.
“We are chasing our tail in terms of the cases,” state Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant said at the news conference.
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