At 7pm last night, eight more regional areas of NSW entered a one week lockdown.

In a NSW Government press conference this morning, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the government would consider putting the whole of the State into a lockdown if the spread of Covid necessitated it.

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“While many town streets are empty as most people are doing the right things, just a handful of people doing the wrong thing could cause major setbacks,” the Premier said.

“We are still recovering from gatherings and people doing the wrong thing.”

It was revealed that two businesses in Mullumbimby were served with infringement notices yesterday.

Joining the Northern Rivers under stay at home orders are the Western NSW LGAs of Bogan, Bourke, Brewarrina, Coonamble, Gilgandra, Narromine, Walgett and Warren - after a man visited Dubbo and Bathurst while infectious.

“Singles bubble”

People still can have one visitor at one time to fulfil carers' responsibilities or provide care or assistance, or for compassionate reasons, including where two people are in a relationship but do not live together.

When asked if the “singles bubble” rule was too hard to police, the Premier said it was important to keep people physically and mentally healthy.

“We allow the singles bubble so we can provide mental health support for those on their own,” she said.

New cases

Overnight, there were 345 new cases of Covid reported overnight in NSW. There are 374 cases in hospital, with 62 in ICU and 29 on ventilation.

Of those in hospital, 57 were not vaccinated and the remaining five have had one vaccination dose.

There were two deaths overnight, with both people in their 90s.

Vaccines, infection and “guilt”

The Premier said “one does of the vaccine reduces how contagious you are and keeps people out of hospital”.

“You might be ok with the virus but your close loved ones may not be,” she said.

“The guilt people have knowing they infected their loved ones lasts a lifetime.

“Some families have seen more than one death when one person gets the virus and takes it home.

“Delta leaves no room for error.”

Stress

Government health advisor and psychiatrist Dr Murray Wright said this Covid crisis is “the most sustained and serious stress most of us face in our lifetime”.

“How we manage it will help minimise impacts," he said.

His advice to manage the stress is to keep structure in your life, regular daily exercise.

“You should contact those close to you and talk about meaningful things," he said.

“Look at your look diet, and sleep and set goals every day and keep them.

“If it’s not working and you can’t sleep or concentrate of feel fatigued, irritable or drink too much alcohol , ask what can I do to change how I’m approaching the day?

“Do I need help? Ask others if they are ok.”