Coles Lithgow works with NSW Health to ensure store cleanliness after employee contracts COVID-19

These LGAs were added to the statewide list of hotspots on Monday morning by NSW chief health officer Dr Kerry Chant.

This comes after Coles Lithgow was reported as the latest source of a confirmed case with an employee contracting the virus.

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The company stated on its COVID-10 Updates website that it had worked closely with NSW Health to conduct contact tracing and instructed any other team members that had close contact with the person to self-isolate.

It also read that Coles conducted its standard cleaning procedures as well as a deep clean for added precaution.

NSW Health has confirmed the store can continue to trade and the risk of transmission for customers and team members is very low.

While the Lithgow LGA might have been added to the statewide list of hotspots on Monday, NSW Health information on this area has not been updated since Saturday.

At 8pm on Saturday, the Lithgow LGA was still listed as having between 1-4 confirmed COVID-19 cases, while 25 people in the Blue Mountains LGA have tested positive.

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"It is critical that the community continues to come forward for testing as we consider changes to restrictions and other matters," Dr Chant said.

"It's important that we have very high levels of testing."

While there are hotspot areas across NSW, she urged anyone with respiratory symptoms to come forward for testing.

Dr Chant also reminded those who work in health care or with vulnerable people and who have minimal symptoms to get tested.

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"It's critical that you come forward for testing as we know that the early detection of COVID-19 prevents and is a critical element of preventing further spread," she said.

Meanwhile, across NSW there are now 3004 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 2227 people having now recovered from the virus.

There have been no new deaths across the state with the total still at 36.

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