For the third day running, there's been no new cases of COVID-19 recorded in the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District overnight.
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The total number of cases sits at 115 as at Friday morning - with three patients being cared for in Wollongong Hospital and two at Shoalhaven Hospital.
The rest of the cases are isolated at home, under the supervision of the district's public health unit.
Across the state, cases are also stabilising - as at 8pm on Thursday, an additional 49 cases of COVID-19 were diagnosed in 24 hours bringing the total number of confirmed cases in NSW to 2822.
Illawarra health authorities are urging the community to continue to be mindful of physical distancing and other measures in place to stop the spread of COVID over the long weekend.
Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District executive director medical services, Dr Peter Jansen, said patient visiting restrictions remained in place at hospitals across the region.
In general wards, patients can have one visitor per day, for no more than an hour, in visiting hours between 11am to noon and 4pm to 5pm. There's no visitors allowed to dedicated COVID wards or intensive care units.
"We understand that it's difficult not being with loved ones, especially over the Easter break, which is traditionally a time to come together with friends and family," he said.
"However, these measures are crucial to helping reduce the risk of spreading the virus and protecting our patients, many of whom are particularly vulnerable, as well as health care staff on the frontline responding to COVID-19.
"A reminder also that you should not visit patients at all if you have a fever or flu-like symptoms, such as a sore throat or runny nose, or have been in contact in the last 14 days with anyone who has COVID-19."
This long weekend, Dr Jansen said the ISLHD was reiterating the nationwide message for people to stay home.
"It's encouraging that we're seeing a reduction in the daily increase of confirmed COVID-19 cases, but we're still seeing community transmissions and we need to maintain physical distancing and adhere to restrictions in place to keep the numbers low," he said.
Meantime the COVID-19 Assessment Clinics at Wollongong, Shellharbour and Shoalhaven Hospitals will remain open all long weekend.
If you have symptoms, and meet the testing criteria, you can visit an clinics without a GP referral. Call the Wollongong clinic on 4222 5078; the Shoalhaven clinic on 1300 002 108 and the Shellharbour clinic on 4295 2862.
Emergency departments are open 24/7 for urgent and serious illness or injury.
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