Will Sydney get out of Covid-19 lockdown on Friday and end restrictions?
The numbers of mystery cases and new cases not in isolation will determine whether Sydney can get out of lockdown as planned on Friday. NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard on Tuesday morning said the number of unlinked - or mystery - cases was more important than the number of total cases. 'There's a whole team of health officials... they're looking at the numbers, whether they're linked or unlinked, and also whether there's unknown chains of transmission,' Mr Hazzard told RN Breakfast. The numbers of mystery cases and new cases not in isolation will determine whether Sydney can get out of lockdown as planned on Friday. Pictured: Rushcutters Bay Park on Sunday  He said case numbers will 'bounce around' but the state does not have a set target that needs to be reached to end lockdown. 'Last year when the numbers were going through the roof, that was traumatising. We know that what we're doing needs to be done to hold the line but we're just not sure how to break that line,' he said. The minister said he was 'hopeful' lockdown would end but some key restrictions would remain in place. 'We are on high alert but we are hopeful we could bring in some normalcy,' he said. The restrictions most likely to remain include a cap on the number of visitors to households and mandatory mask-wearing at venues and on public transport. Before the lockdown was imposed, eastern Sydney residents were limited to five visitors at home. On Monday the state recorded 35 new cases of coronavirus with eleven out and about while infectious. Police officers were out and about in Sydney on Monday to make sure residents follow the rules  Security guards are seen at the Meriton Suites in Waterloo. An illegal party at the luxury complex on June 26 has led to three cases  Twenty-four cases were in isolation throughout their infectious period while four isolated for part of it and seven were in the community for all of their infectious period. Premier Gladys Berejiklian said 'the next couple of days will be absolutely critical' in deciding whether to lift lockdown and revealed the decision hinges on the number of cases not in isolation while infectious. This is because new cases that were already isolating before they became infectious pose no risk of spreading the disease to others in the community. A case might already be isolating if they visited a close contact venue and followed health advice to stay at home or if they live with an infected person. New South Wales wants to reduce community transmission to zero while the vaccine rollout ramps up. Only 9 per cent of Australian adults have been double jabbed. Former GP and ABC journalist Dr Norman Swan said Monday's cases were 'really worrying' and said: 'I think it will be hard [to end lockdown] if it goes on like that.' Four people are in ICU with Covid-19 in New South Wales, none on ventilators. On Monday night a Bunnings and Chemist Warehouse were added to Sydney's growing Covid exposure site list, plunging hundreds more into isolation. Among the new venues is a fried chicken shop in Edmondson Park, in Sydney's south-west, and a Chinese restaurant in Marrickville, where infected workers may have spread the virus to hundreds of diners. The Covid-infected staffer worked for six days between June 26 and July 1, plunging any customers between 9am and 2pm into isolation for 14 days, regardless of any negative test results. The same applies for customers of Frango Charcoal Chicken in Edmondson Park after an infected worker did a shift on July 2. The new venues were announced on Monday night, after the state recorded 35 new locally acquired cases with the Bondi cluster now surging to 238 infections. Pictured: An empty Sydney is seen on Monday  SYDNEY COVID EXPOSURE SITES REVEALED MONDAY NIGHT Anyone who has attended the following venues at the listed times is considered a close contacted and must immediately get tested and self isolate for 14 day regardless of the result. Belfield: Bridge of Belfield Pharmacy - Monday June 28, 8.20am to 8.40am Edmondson Park: Frango Charcoal Chicken - Friday July 2, 9am - 3pm Marrickville: Little Hong Kong in Marrickville Metro Shopping Centre - Saturday June 26, Sunday June 27, Monday June 28, Tuesday June 29, Wednesday June 30 and Thursday July 1 between 9am and 2pm any day Rydalmere: Aldi - Thursday July 1 from 8am to 3am and Friday July 2, from 2pm to 8:30pm Bossley Park: Club Marconi - Friday June 25 from 2pm to 8:30pm and Saturday June 26, from 10am to 6pm Anyone who has attended the following venues at the listed times is considered a casual contacted and must immediately get tested and self isolate until they receive a negative result. Hurstville: Chemist Warehouse inside Westfield - Friday July 2, 1.30pm to 1.55pm Bondi Beach: Hurricane's Grill - Wednesday June 23, 5.20pm to 7pm Kingsgrove: Bunnings - Tuesday June 29, 3.40pm to 3.50pm Auburn: Pindi Supermarket - Tuesday June 29 form 5:40pm to 5:50pm Anyone who has attended the following venues at the listed times is considered should monitor for symptoms and must immediately get tested if they occur and self-isolate until they receive a negative result Wahroonga: Sydney Adventist Hospital Ground Floor of Tulloch Building - Monday June 28, 2pm to 2.15pm PUBLIC TRANSPORT: Bus 827: Liverpool to Elizabeth Hills - Tuesday June 29, departed 8:30am - arrived 9:05am. Passengers who travelled on this bus during the listed time are considered close contacts. T5 Cumberland Line: Parramatta Station to Liverpool Station - Tuesday June 29, departed 7:23am - arrived 7:49am. Passengers who travelled on this train during the listed time are considered casual contacts. Advertisement  Casual contact alerts, meaning people must get tested and isolate until they get a negative result, were put out for a Chemist Warehouse in Westfield at Hurstville and a Bunnings in Kingsgrove, as well as Hurricane's Grill in Bondi Beach. An infected person also visited the Sydney Adventist Hospital in Wahroonga for 15 minutes on June 28, with people on the ground floor of the Tulloch building told to monitor for symptoms if they were there between 2pm and 2.15pm. New South Wales wants to reduce community transmission to zero while the vaccine rollout ramps up. Only nine per cent of Australian adults have been double jabbed. Earlier on Monday, an Aldi supermarket and an entire soccer club were also added to the list. Kingsgrove Bunnings (pictured) was also exposed to the virus on Tuesday June 29 for ten minutes between 3.40 and 3.50pm  Daily Mail Australia understands that a staff member at a busy Aldi supermarket in Rydalmere in Sydney's west worked two shifts last week before testing positive, sending hundreds of shoppers and fellow employees into isolation. Anyone who visited the Rydalmere supermarket on Thursday July 1, from 8am to 3am and Friday July 2, from 2pm to 8.30pm is considered a close contact and must immediately get tested and self isolate for 14 days regardless of the result. It is a similar situation at Club Marconi in Bossley Park, with the iconic western Sydney soccer club declared a Covid exposure site after an infected case attended the venue twice last week. Anyone who attended the venue on Friday June 25 between 2pm to 8.30pm and Saturday June 26, between 10am to 6pm is considered a close contact.