Almost 80 per cent of Illawarra residents who tested positive to coronavirus have now recovered, according to NSW Health data.
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The figures released for the first time on Thursday show 90 people have recovered, which means there are only 24 people in the Illawarra and Shoalhaven still sick with the disease.
A recovered case refers to anyone previously confirmed positive with COVID-19 who has completed the required period of self-isolation and is no longer under active surveillance by the public health unit, in either a hospital or in the community.
The Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District revealed 8,826 people have been tested at a range of locations, including hospital emergency departments or fever clinics, GP surgery or clinic, Aboriginal Medical Service or a community testing clinic.
The latest figures from the health district also show the number of cases have remained steady in the region, with no new cases since the weekend.
There are 114 confirmed cases in the region, with two patients being cared for in Wollongong Hospital.
With figures in the state also stabilising, with only five new cases as of Wednesday night bringing the total to 2,976, it seems many people have started to relax their attitudes to the NSW Health restrictions.
Traffic on the region's roads has increased, supermarkets are experiencing less panic-buying, and for some retailers and cafes, who were not ordered to close but did anyway, this is the week they have chosen to reopen.
Keira MP Ryan Park said he had noticed the difference in people's attitude in recent days, noting he had seen more people in cafes and out and about in recent days.
"I want people to be really careful," he said.
"Singapore had a second spike, and a second spike of this virus would be catastrophic here. Secondly, we know that the influenza season is upon us.
"The health advice very clearly is that we don't take our foot off the brake. I know it's really challenging and I feel for every worker and small business owner doing it tough.
"But we have done so well and we can't take our foot off the brake."
He said it was fine for small businesses who could reopen to do so, as long as they followed strict health guidelines.
Wollongong MP Paul Scully agreed, saying now was not the time to let up on restrictions.
"The medical experts are saying we've got a few more weeks before we start gradually easing them, and they've been the ones who have gotten us to this point so I think we should listen to them," he said.
Mr Scully said he hoped to hear more from the NSW and federal governments to give people - and especially affected businesses - more certainty about when some restrictions would end.