FAR NORTH COAST RESIDENT TESTS POSITIVE TO COVID-19 WHILE IN QUARANTINE

A Tweed resident has tested positive to COVID-19 while in hotel quarantine in Sydney.

The case was reported in the state tally last Friday, with the Northern New South Wales Local Health District confirming today the person remains in isolation.

More than 75,000 people have been swabbed locally since the pandemic began.

The number of cases of COVID-19 among residents of the Northern NSW LHD now stands at 59.

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