Western NSW LHD records 23 new COVID-19 cases

The new cases significantly exceed the previous record of 478 new cases on Sunday night.

There were 23 new cases in the Western NSW Local Health District. Of those, 21 were in Dubbo, one was in Mudgee and one was in Bourke.

It brings the number of active cases in Dubbo to 128.

Four new cases have also been identified in the Far West LHD.

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Three peopled died of COVID-19 during the same 24-hour period, including a male in his late 60s in Liverpool hospital who was unvaccinated, two males in their late 70s at Nepean Hospital one unvaccinated and one with just one dose.

"Yesterday there were 103,000 tests done in NSW and obviously that is a good number and we want to keep that up. Unfortunately we had a huge increase in the number of cases of community transmission," Ms Berejiklian said.

"There were 633 cases of community transmission and at this stage there were at least 62 of those who were infectious in the community at that time."

The Premier has again encouraged people not to leave the house unless it's absolutely necessary.

"At the movement, according to the data we have, every person who has the virus is spreading it to at least more than one person," she said.

"For us to know that we have reached our peak, that can't continue. What the data is telling us in the last few days is that we haven't seen the worst of it, and the way that we stop this is by everyone staying at home.

"You cannot get the virus if you do not have contact with other people. You have to assume, no matter where you are in the state, that every time you set foot out of your door that you have the virus and everyone you might have contact with has the virus."

NSW Health's sewage surveillance program has also detected fragments of the virus in Bathurst and Orange.

Testing is free and no referral is required.

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