A fifth resident at Newmarch House in Sydney's west who tested positive for COVID-19 has died, aged-care provider Anglicare has confirmed.

Key points: Five residents at the Newmarch House have died in less than a week

Five residents at the Newmarch House have died in less than a week Gladys Berejiklian said anyone should come forward for testing, regardless of their location

Gladys Berejiklian said anyone should come forward for testing, regardless of their location NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller said the Ruby Princess left with a "low risk, not a zero risk"

The woman was 96-years-old and had multiple health issues, according to Anglicare.

Newmarch House chief executive Grant Millard said he was "thankful" the woman's son was able to visit her on Thursday night.

It's the latest death of a resident at the aged-care facility in Caddens after a 79-year-old women who had also tested positive to the virus died yesterday.

A cluster of coronavirus cases have occurred at the Newmarch House. ( AAP: Dan Himbrechts )

The facility has been at the centre of a coronavirus outbreak after a staff member came to work for six consecutive shifts without knowing she was positive for COVID-19.

There has since been been 44 cases of coronavirus at Newmarch House, including 29 residents and 15 staff.

This morning NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian confirmed just seven new cases of coronavirus across the state, despite 7,200 tests being completed yesterday.

The total number of confirmed cases in NSW is now 2,982.

Ms Berejiklian said anyone who believed they may have symptoms of coronavirus can now come forward for testing.

"NSW is now saying to anyone across the state, if you have symptoms, if you're worried you have COVID-19 or if you've been in contact with someone who may have it, please come forward and get tested," she said.

Previously, testing was applicable to anyone within about a dozen outbreak centres who suspected symptoms or who had interacted with a confirmed case, as well as anyone who was deemed at risk after a full history assessment completed by a GP.

Ms Berejiklian said she would like to see testing rates exceed 8,000 a day.

She also said the government has been formulating a plan for when lockdown restrictions are loosened across the state.

"We have used this time during restrictions when we have seen a drop in the number of new cases to prepare the health system, to prepare the community for what would occur if we did raise those restrictions," she said.

Also at this morning's press conference, NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller said the Ruby Princess cruise ship had no confirmed cases of coronavirus on board when it departed Australian waters yesterday.

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"It left with a low risk, not a zero risk, and we need to be clear about that," Commissioner Fuller said.

Commissioner Fuller said 567 crew members were "repatriated and or taken in for medical treatment by NSW Health" — equating to more than half the crew on board.

But Commissioner Fuller said not every consulate acted to repatriate crew after more than 50 were approached.



The Ruby Princess is the subject of both a criminal investigation and a special commission of inquiry after the disembarkation on March 19 resulted in more than 600 confirmed coronavirus cases and 21 fatalities.

When asked if the Ruby Princess's departure would hamper the criminal investigation, Commissioner Fuller said police "acted quickly" to interview and gather evidence.

But, he said, "we don't have the right to hold people without a charge".

"From the homicidal police perspective, last week [officers] went on the ship and took off 1,000 medical files and got statements of a number of people, and there were other people who observed their right to silence."

He revealed officers boarded the ship again yesterday and seized further evidence following the first day of the inquiry's hearing, including mobile phones.

"Phones that may have been used in between key players on board the ship and people within NSW, particularly around potential health information that may or may not have been exchanged," he clarified.

Ms Berejiklian also announced the NSW Government was contributing an extra $73 million in funding to extend mental health services during the coronavirus pandemic.