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NSW has recorded three new COVID-19 cases as Sydney's eastern suburbs cluster grows.
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LATEST COVID-19 DEVELOPMENTS:

* NSW has recorded three new locally acquired cases, bringing Sydney's eastern suburbs cluster to nine.

* Two new local cases were reported in the 24 hours to 8pm on Sunday, one of which had been revealed by health authorities on Saturday. The other case is a close contact of the previously recorded case.

* Another two cases from the Sutherland Shire in southern Sydney were recorded after the 8pm deadline. They are both close contacts of previously reported cases.

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* The growing Bondi cluster has prompted new restrictions, with people in seven local government areas ordered to wear masks in some indoor settings unless eating or drinking.

* NSW Health released a list of 27 new exposure sites including a North Face outlet in Drummoyne.

* There were 24,468 NSW tests conducted in the 24 hours to 8pm Saturday but Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant wants to see more than 30,000.

* A flight attendant who landed in Brisbane on June 5 has become Queensland's latest local case despite undergoing 14 days of hotel quarantine.

* Test results are yet to confirm whether the Brisbane flight attendant has the Delta variant, which recently led to a statewide lockdown in Victoria.

* Victoria recorded no new local cases on Sunday but two possible "historical" infections from released returned travellers are under investigation.

* The Victorian government also announced a locally developed mRNA vaccine will become the first in Australia to move to phase one clinical trials later this year.

* Seven Victorian businesses have been shut down for "blatant" violations of COVID rules, including a retail store in St Albans and a beauty parlour in South Melbourne.

* South Australia joined Queensland and imposed an immediate ban on travellers who have been in Sydney's Waverley Council area.

* Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan announced restrictions on hospitality venues would be lifted from Wednesday, in a move that effectively returns the state to a pre-COVID existence.

AUSTRALIAN VACCINATION NUMBERS:

* There have been 6,556,029 doses administered in the national COVID-19 vaccination rollout up to Saturday, including 64,553 in the previous 24 hours.

* Of the total, 3,917,932 have been administered by the Commonwealth (an increase of 26,871 in the previous 24 hours).

* 3,503,377 have been issued in primary care (+26,739) and 414,555 in aged and disability facilities (+132).

* 2,638,097 have been administered by the states and territories, including +37,682 in the previous 24 hours.

* 897,283 have been administered in Victoria (+10,776), 675,738 in NSW (+9049), 429,170 in Queensland (+8397), 239,714 in Western Australia (+2944), 178,502 in South Australia (+3506), 95,306 in Tasmania (+1629), 71,505 in the ACT (+1120) and 50,879 in the NT (+262).

AUSTRALIAN CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS:

* Australia reported four new local cases on Sunday, three in NSW and one in Queensland.

* There were four new overseas acquired cases in hotel quarantine: two each in NSW and Victoria.

* The national death toll is 910: Victoria 820, NSW 56, Tasmania 13, WA 9, Queensland 7, SA 4, ACT 3 (Two Queensland residents who died in NSW have been included in the official tolls of both states).

GLOBAL CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS:

* Cases: at least 178,201,000.

* Deaths: at least 3,860,000.

* Vaccine doses administered: at least 2,571,541,000.

Data current as at 1730 AEST on June 20, taking in federal and state/territory government updates and Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Centre figures.

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