NSW has recorded a massive spike in Covid-19 cases with 21,151 new infections and six deaths.
There were 148,410 tests conducted in the past 24 hours.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Thursday revealed new changes to close contact definitions and testing requirements across each State and Territory. Members of the public and health workers at a pop up Covid testing clinic at Bondi Beach. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Flavio Brancaleone Tasmania will follow on January 1 with the Northern Territory and Western Australia will be making announcements in future.Mr Morrison said a household contact is someone who lives with a case or has spent more than four hours with them in a house, accommodation or care facility setting.
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