As Sydney draws to the end of its seventh week in lockdown, the Delta outbreak is showing little sign of slowing. On August 12, state premier Gladys Berejiklian announced that as of 5pm the LGAs of Bayside, Strathfield and Burwood would be classed as “areas of concern”, joining nine other LGAs already under tightened lockdown restrictions. People living in these hotspot LGAs are only permitted to travel a maximum of 5km from their home and they are only permitted to leave their LGA for work if they are an “authorised worker”. During the 24-hour reporting period between August 10-11, the state recorded its second-highest daily total ever, 345 cases of community transmission, and two deaths.
The suburbs within the three new LGAs of concern are:
Bayside:
- Arncliffe
- Banksia
- Banksmeadow
- Bardwell Park
- Bardwell Valley
- Bexley
- Bexley North
- Botany
- Brighton-Le-Sands
- Carlton
- Daceyville
- Dolls Point
- Eastgardens
- Eastlakes
- Hillsdale
- Kingsgrove
- Kogarah
- Kyeemagh
- Mascot
- Monterey
- Pagewood
- Ramsgate
- Ramsgate Beach
- Rockdale
- Rosebery
- Sandringham
- Sans Souci
- Turrella
- Wolli Creek
Burwood:
- Burwood
- Burwood Heights
- Croydon
- Croydon Park
- Enfield
Strathfield:
- Belfield
- Greenacre
- Homebush
- Homebush West
- Strathfield
- Strathfield South
- Strathfield North