A promising sign for the Shoalhaven after it was thrown into COVID alert on Wednesday morning after reports a Melbourne man and now his family, that visited the area from May 19-24, having since tested positive to the virus.

More than 1,000 COVID tests were carried out in the Shoalhaven at the various sites on Wednesday.

NSW Health continues to monitor the situation and further local results as they come to hand.

Read more: 1000 COVID tests on Wednesday in the Shoalhaven

NSW Health has contacted 517 people who attended exposure sites in NSW. None have tested positive to date, which is an encouraging sign.

NSW Health says two new overseas-acquired cases were recorded in the same period, bringing the total number of cases in NSW since the beginning of the pandemic to 5,401.

Overall there were 18,672 tests reported to 8pm Wednesday night, compared with the previous day's total of 21,551.

NSW Health administered its highest-ever number of vaccines in one day, giving 14,595 vaccines in the 24 hours to 8pm Wednesday, including 5,496 at the vaccination centre at Sydney Olympic Park.

Read more: Huskisson, Gundagai added to growing list of COVID exposure sites

The total number of vaccines administered in NSW is now 1,377,812, with 461,855 doses administered by NSW Health to 8pm and 915,957 administered by the GP network and other providers, to 11:59pm on Tuesday, June 1.

A list of exposure sites in Hyams Beach, Jervis Bay, Vincentia and Goulburn was released on Tuesday night. That list has grown, with the addition of several exposure sites in Huskisson and Gundagai.

Further venues of concern associated with confirmed cases from 19-24 May while potentially infectious.

If you attended these venues at the times listed you should get tested and isolate until you receive further information from NSW Health:

The same advice applies to anyone who attended the exposure sites previously announced:

The timeframe, which was originally 23-24 May, was expanded as household contacts of the original case have now also tested positive and their potential infectious period includes additional days in NSW.

Read more: Here's where you can get COVID tested in the Shoalhaven

If you were at any of the venues at the times listed, please immediately call NSW Health on 1800 943 553, get tested and isolate until you receive further information from NSW.

Health is continuing to investigate the movements of these cases in southern NSW, and this list of venues may be updated.

Anyone who lives in Jervis Bay, Vincentia, Huskisson, Hyams Beach, Goulburn or Gundagai, or has visited these areas since May 19, is asked to be especially vigilant for even the mildest of cold-like symptoms, and is urged to come forward for testing immediately if they appear, then isolate until a negative result is received.

Additionally, anyone who has recently had symptoms should also get tested.

For a list of local testing clinics and their operating hours, visit: www.islhd.health.nsw.gov.au/services-clinics/public-health-unit/infectious-diseases/covid-19-latest-advice-and-resources-6

Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District is working to establish a number of additional pop-up testing clinics and will post up-to-date information on their Facebook page: www.facebook.com/IllaShoalHeal

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