An additional two cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in the last 24 hours in residents of the Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD). 

Now, the total stands at 57 cases.

The new cases include one resident who acquired the illness overseas and one resident whose case is still being investigated with regards to the source. 

The local health district reported that 51 of the local cases are recovered and there are no cases being treated in hospital. 

By likely source of infection, 53 cases were acquired overseas or interstate; 2 from contact with a confirmed case or in a known cluster; 1 not identified and 1 under investigation. 

A breakdown of where cases are in the Northern NSW Local Health District shows Lismore as having 5 confirmed cases, with the other confirmed cases as follows: Ballina 10, Tweed 14, Byron 16, Clarence Valley 8.

Other cases are not yet to be listed as statistics on the following Local Government Area case breakdown page: https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/diseases/Pages/covid-19-lga.aspx  

NNSWLHD chief executive Wayne Jones advises people to take care from tomorrow, with the new relaxed gathering restrictions.

“As we move to easing some restrictions on public gatherings, dining and outdoor activities from tomorrow, I want to remind our community to take their personal responsibilities seriously,” Mr Jones said.

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“It’s good news that we’ll be able to move about more freely and catch up with our friends and family, but we still have an obligation to practice social distancing measures to prevent transmission of this virus.  

“As we’ve seen in recent days, the numbers of new cases can vary from day to day, we have certainly not overcome this pandemic.  

“Please do your best to keep your 1.5 metre distance from others, keep up frequent hand washing and avoid touching your face or public surfaces where possible.

"I also encourage everyone to download the COVIDsafe app, to help with contact tracing as we become more mobile."