COVID fragments have been found in sewage in Bathurst, the Western NSW Local Health District says.
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The health district says the fragments were found in a sewage sample taken in Bathurst on Monday, August 9.
"This means that a person who has COVID-19, or who has recently had COVID-19, has been in that community around that date," a spokesperson said.
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"Additional testing capacity is in place at the Mount Panorama testing site."
The detection in Bathurst follows COVID fragments being detected in Mudgee and Dubbo last week and the confirmation of a positive COVID case in Dubbo on Tuesday night.
That case, and a second positive case in the city, has led to a seven-day lockdown in Dubbo.
Remnants of COVID were detected in sewage in Bathurst in October last year after the Bathurst 1000, but no positive coronavirus cases in the city followed.
The drive-through testing clinic at Mount Panorama will be open from 8am to 4pm on Wednesday and Thursday.
