Three new cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed in NSW in the last 24 hours.
Of the new cases, two are returned overseas travellers in hotel quarantine.
The remaining case is locally acquired and is linked to the Concord Hospital cluster in Sydney.
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https://twitter.com/NSWHealth/status/1307122715493568514The locally acquired case worked at the hospital while potentially infectious.
The worker cared for patients with COVID-19 and further investigation is underway to identify how the infection was acquired.
NSW Health has confirmed contact tracing is underway.
Health authorities have also advised that testing of the case reported in Murrumbidgee local health district on Thursday has determined it was a false positive and therefore not a case and has been excluded from case numbers.
There is now a total of 4009 coronavirus cases in NSW.
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