Three more residents test positive

Three more Peninsula residents have tested positive to the coronavirus in the past week.

NSW Government data shows that three residents in the 2257 returned positive tests on September 1, 2 and 3.

Four Peninsula residents had previously tested positive between August 10 and 20.

The Central Coast Local Health District has not acknowledged the local cases and did not include the Peninsula in a list of "suburbs where there is mounting evidence of community transmission".

However, it did list two exposure sites at Ettalong: The Box on the Water cafe and the adjacent beachfront reserve in the vicinity of the Vietnam Veterans' memorial.

The Ettalong Beach waterfront reserve, opposite 59-60 The Esplanade was an exposure site on Sunday, August 29, from 2.10pm to 4.40pm.

The cafe was listed as an exposure site from 3.30pm to 3.45pm.

"Anyone who attended these venues on the dates and times listed is a casual contact," the health district media release stated.

"Casual contacts must immediately get tested and isolate until they receive a negative result, even if they have had a test in recent days.

"High rates of testing are critical to detecting transmission and preventing further spread of Covid-19."

SOURCE:

Media release, 2 Sep 2021

Central Coast Local Health District

Website, 3 Sep 2021

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