Two of these cases are located in the 2540 postcode and the remaining case is located in the 2540 postcode, confirmed the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District.

Due to forecasted damaging winds, the Nowra Showground COVID testing clinic is temporarily closed.

At this stage it will re-open as normal, at 8am tomorrow, the ISLHD confirmed.

The ISLHD recorded eight positive cases in the 24 hours to 8pm last night, with four new cases in Wollongong and one new case in Shellharbour.

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Sadly, a fourth person linked to the outbreak at the Tarrawanna aged care facility in the Illawarra has died. She was a woman in her 90s died and acquired her infection at the facility.

The ISLHD reported she was not vaccinated.

There have now been 2,411 local cases of COVID-19 in the ISLHD since the start of the current outbreak in June.

NSW recorded 268 locally-acquired COVID-19 cases overnight and two deaths.

Vaccination rates continue to climb ahead of Monday's reopening of regional travel to Sydneysiders.

Of those aged 16 or older 93.4 per cent have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, while 86.5 per cent are fully inoculated.

NSW Health has not listed any new Shoalhaven venues as COVID exposure sites overnight.

For a full list of all exposure sites, visit the NSW Health case locations website.

For a list of COVID-19 testing sites across the Illawarra Shoalhaven, visit the district's website.

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