Greater Sydney's coronavirus lockdown is expected to be extended beyond July 9.
During her daily update yesterday, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said she would make an announcement today on when it would end.
Last night, 9News Political Reporter Chris O'Keefe said: "it does not look like we will not be out of this on Friday".
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Cabinet held a crisis meeting yesterday afternoon and discussed extending current restrictions for a week or leaving significant restrictions in place.
Pubs and restaurants will remain closed.
What the Premier said yesterday
Yesterday morning Ms Berejiklian said the official word on whether the lockdown whether or not the lockdown would end as planned on July 9 would come today.
"We have been having various discussions with health experts and others in the last few days and that will continue throughout today and into the early evening," she said.
Ms Berejiklian said it was possible the lockdown could "continue for a period longer" but she refused to give any indication of an end date.
"We appreciate the stresses that parents go through in particular with having students at home, and we consider that in our decision-making and it will behave based on the health advice," Ms Berejiklian said yesterday.
"People want to know what life will look like beyond Friday midnight. And I am keen to provide that certainty to people tomorrow."
The Premier hinted some form of ongoing restrictions might remain until the end of October.
"The New South Wales government is not only thinking about when we come out of lockdown but what coming out of lockdown looks like," Ms Berejiklian said.
"In addition to that, what life looks like until the end of October when we have many more vaccines available."
Cluster has spread beyond Bondi
Although the latest outbreak started in Bondi and Sydney's eastern suburbs, cases have spread across Sydney.
NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant said health authorities were concerned the coronavirus was spreading from Sydney's east to the city's south-west and western suburbs.
Dr Chant said Fairfield and Bossley Park, in Sydney's west, were areas of concern.
She called on residents of the suburbs to ensure "incredibly high testing rates in those communities" as NSW officials try to identify any unrecognised chains of transmission.