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The Murrumbidgee Local Health District has recorded 11 new cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm on Saturday.
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Of those new cases, 10 are residents of the Albury local government area (LGA) including two that have been linked to previously known cases and eight that remain under investigation.
The remaining case is a resident of the Edward River LGA and remains under investigation.
Albury LGA recorded 16 new cases in the 24 hours to 8pm on Friday night.
There has been a total of 87 cases and one death recorded in the MLHD since the start of the current outbreak, including two in Wagga City Council LGA.
The MLHD has confirmed that fragments of the virus that causes COVID-19 have been detected in sewage in Albury and renews call for the community to come forward for testing.
MLHD has performed 41,374 tests over the four weeks to Saturday night, including 11,794 tests in Wagga CIty Council LGA.
Across NSW, there were 301 new cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm Saturday and 10 people died with COVID-19: five women and five men.
Two people were in their 50s, two people were in their 60s, two people were in their 70s, three people were in their 80s and one person was in their 90s.
Five people were not vaccinated, one person had received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and four people had received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.
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There are two new venues of concern in the Albury LGA associated with known cases. Anyone who attended the following venues during the times stated is considered a casual contact and must get a COVID Test and isolate until they receive a negative result.
- The New Albury Hotel (Paddy's) 491 Kiewa Street - from October 8 8.45pm to October 9 at 2.00am
- Albury Australian Ramp and Access Solutions - October 8 from 6.30am - 2:45pm and October 11 6:30am - 2:45pm
The NSW full vaccination rate hit 79.8 per cent on Saturday, allowing for the 80 per cent milestone to be enacted on Monday with newly restored freedoms, mainly for fully vaccinated people.
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet said reaching the 80 per cent fully vaccinated milestone was a tribute to the people of the state.
"I want to thank every single person right across NSW for the effort they have made in going out and getting vaccinated; that effort has ensured that we have been able to open up safely," Mr Perrottet said.
[Monday] will be another day where restrictions are being lifted right across NSW and that could only have happened not because of the government but because of the great effort made by people right across our state.
"Globally, not just nationally, NSW has led the way in this space and it is very much the people of NSW who are leading the nation out of this pandemic."
Some of the newly restored freedoms and eased restrictions from Monday include:
- Major recreation facilities (including stadiums, theme parks, and race courses) open with density limits for up to 5000 people, or by exemption.
- Entertainment facilities (including cinemas and theatres) reopen with density limit or 75% fixed seated capacity.
- Information and education facilities (including art galleries, museums and libraries) reopen with density limits.
- COVID safe outdoor gatherings permitted for up to 200 people.
- Controlled outdoor public gatherings (for example - fenced, seated ticketed) permitted for up to 3000 people with density limit.
- Nightclubs reopen with seated drinking and no dancing.
- Masks required for all staff and customers in all indoor settings including on public transport, planes and in airports (except children under the age of 12).
- Masks no longer required in office buildings (unvaccinated people must still wear a mask in the office).
- Masks no longer required in outdoor settings (except for front-of-house hospitality staff).
- Up to 20 visitors allowed in your home at any one time (visitor limits do not apply for children under the age of 12).
- Small outdoor gatherings and recreation permitted for up to 50 people (2-person limit for people not fully vaccinated).
Travel between Greater Sydney and regional NSW will not be allowed until November 1.
Mr Perrottet defended the decision on Friday to hold back regional travel.
"We made a difficult decision last week in relation to region travel; we didn't take that one lightly, we know it was unpopular," he said.
"They are not easy decisions. We know that families had made bookings to see families and friends in regional NSW, we know that there are people in regional NSW whose businesses rely on trade coming from Sydney.
"We make these decisions in order to keep people safe."
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