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Health
Luke Costin and Maureen Dettre

Masks stay amid NSW COVID hospital record

Maintaining mask rules, density limits and dancing bans for an extra month in NSW will drive economic activity, not impede it, the premier says.

As NSW recorded a rise in COVID-19 deaths, daily cases and hospitalisations, Premier Dominic Perrottet said extending restrictions to February 28 was "the right approach".

It will suppress the spread of Omicron ahead of increased movement once schools return next week, he said.

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