A player who was part of an under 12Bs fixture between Dubbo CYMS Cougars and Dubbo JCA Girls in round two tested positive in the days after the match on Saturday.

Those involved with both sides were asked to self-isolate once the positive case became known while the DDJCA has asked all clubs not to hold training sessions this week.

"Details are still fairly sketchy but know there's been a case in one of the junior sides and they have been fantastic," Shepherd said.

"They let everyone in the team know and let the opposition know so they could do the right thing and isolate and get tested.

"We don't think it's a big issue but we'd rather play it a bit cautious than pull the wrong rein and be the source of a problem.

"This is the responsible thing to do at this stage."

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Schools have been a cause of concern in the region recently and St Mary's Primary School in Dubbo was the latest to be closed for a deep cleanse on Tuesday.

"We're dealing with some of the more susceptible members of the community because they're unvaccinated," Shepherd said of children.

"We feel being a little cautious is the right way to go."

The Dubbo association was awaiting more guidance from Cricket NSW on the best way to proceed, but Shepherd said having a COVID plan in place before the season began has allowed everyone to have as much information as possible in the days since Saturday.

"We spent a lot of time on this and it took a lot of time to get it sorted. We felt it would be inevitable there would be a case at some point that impacted cricket and we didn't want to feel we were playing catch-up," he said.

"We had help from Matty Ellis at Cricket NSW, he's been fantastic, and we wanted to give ourselves every chance of keeping people safe and getting back on the paddock as soon as possible if there was a case or close contact."

Shepherd urged anyone with concerns to get tested while he said further information was expected to be given on Thursday morning.

The Master Blaster and Junior Blaster programs are run on Thursday evenings while matches, at this stage, are scheduled to be played again on Saturday.

The Dubbo Showground continues to have drive-through testing available from 8am-4pm seven days a week.

The Western NSW Local Health District (WNSWLHD) recorded one case in Orange up to 8pm on Monday night.

Across NSW, there were 222 locally acquired cases and four deaths.

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