**Rule breaking not to blame for rising cases**
After authorities repeatedly admonishing large numbers of people for doing the wrong thing, the deputy chief health officer for NSW has said non-compliance is not to blame for the rising cases.
Dr Marianne Gale said the virus is mostly spreading among young people and essential service workers.
"One of the major drivers of the higher case numbers that we’re seeing in the areas of southwestern Sydney and Western Sydney is larger households that we’re seeing," she said.
"We’re seeing younger people and those who are often those authorised workers, those people that provide essential services, who work in aged care, work in disability, who work in healthcare settings, who work in factories, work in shopping centres. And so, transmission is happening between workplaces and households.
