One new overseas-acquired case was recorded in the same period, bringing the total number of cases in NSW since the beginning of the pandemic to 5,399.
There were 21,551 tests reported to 8pm last night, compared with the previous day’s total of 9,801.
NSW Health administered 14,313 vaccines in the 24 hours to 8pm last night, including 5,514 at the vaccination centre at Sydney Olympic Park.
The total number of vaccines administered in NSW is now 1,339,751, with 447,260 doses administered by NSW Health to 8pm last night and 892,491 administered by the GP network and other providers, to 11:59pm on Monday 31 May 2021.
NSW Health was advised last night (Tuesday 1 June) by the Victoria Department of Health and Human Services that a confirmed case of Covid-19 from Melbourne visited venues in Jervis Bay, Goulburn, Hyams Beach and Vincentia while potentially infectious on 23 and 24 May.
The person, who reported onset of symptoms on May 25 and was tested on May 31, drove back to Melbourne on May 24, three days before Victoria’s stay-at-home measures took effect.
If you were at any of the following venues of concern at the times listed, please immediately call 1800 943 553, get tested and isolate until you receive further information from NSW Health:
• Shell Coles Express Big Merino,
1/3 Sowerby Street, Goulburn.
Monday, May 14, 10-11.30am.
• Trapper’s Bakery,
4 Sowerby Street, Goulburn,
Monday, May 24, 10-11.30am.
• Cooked Goose Café,
(formerly Hyams Beach Café)
76 Cyrus Street, Hyams Beach,
Sunday, May 23, 10am-12pm.
• Green Patch campground, Booderee National Park,
Village Bay Road, Jervis Bay,
Sunday, May 13, all day and Monday, May 24, until 9am.
• Coles Vincentia Shopping Village,
21 The Wool Road, Vincentia,
Sunday, May 23, 12-1pm.
Anyone who lives in the Jervis Bay area, or has visited on or after May 23, is asked to be especially vigilant for even the mildest of symptoms, and is urged to come forward for testing immediately if they appear, then isolate until a negative result is received. Additionally, anyone who has recently had symptoms should also get tested.
People who have been in Victoria since May 12 are reminded to check the Victoria Department of Health and Human Services website regularly, and immediately follow the relevant public health advice if they have been to any of the listed venues of concern. Venues of concern continue to be identified and the associated advice for people who have attended previously reported venues may change. Anyone who is now in NSW and has attended any of these venues at the specified times should contact NSW Health immediately on 1800 943 553.
Sixty-four close contacts in NSW have now returned negative results. These people will continue to isolate for 14 days from their exposure date and will be tested again before the end of their isolation period.
NSW Health strongly advises against all non-essential travel to Victoria. People who do choose to travel will be required to follow the Victorian stay-at-home requirements on their return to NSW.
Please continue to take all practical measures to stay COVID-safe, including practising good hand hygiene, and always using QR codes to check in to and out of venues. Masks are recommended in any situation where physical distancing is not possible, such as on public transport.
If you have any symptoms that could signal COVID, no matter how mild, please come forward immediately for testing, then isolate until you receive a negative result.
There are more than 300 COVID-19 testing locations across NSW. To find your nearest clinic, visit: https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/how-to-protect-yourself-and-others/clinics or contact your GP.
