8:24 p.m. ET, December 21, 2020
Australia's New South Wales reports 8 new locally-transmitted cases after another record testing day
From CNN's Paul Devitt
Cars wait in line at a Bondi Beach Covid-19 drive-through testing clinic on December 21, in Sydney, Australia.
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The Australian state of New South Wales reported eight new locally-transmitted Covid-19 cases from Monday following almost 45,000 tests being carried out.
That's the lowest number of new local cases since a mystery outbreak sprang up in Sydney's Northern Beaches area last week.
Seven of the eight new local cases are linked to the Sydney cluster, NSW Health said Tuesday, and the eighth is still under investigation. The total number of cases from the cluster now stands at 90.
The state saw a record number of Covid-19 tests reported to 8 p.m. last night, with 44,466 tests carried out on Monday, NSW Health added.
NSW reported 18 total new cases, the other 10 being imported from travelers in hotel quarantine.
Mystery cluster: Health authorities in New South Wales have acted quickly to get on top of the new cluster, which ended a run of days with no community transmission in Sydney.
The Northern Beaches municipality, with a population of just over 250,000, has been locked down until Wednesday night in an attempt to stop the spread.
NSW has recorded a total of 4,600 Covid-19 cases since the pandemic began.