NSW COVID restrictions: Premier to address new rules as Omicron surges through Sydney

Elective surgeries are expected to be postponed in NSW as that state reports another 38,625 COVID-19 cases and 11 deaths in the past 24 hours.

The numbers to 8pm Thursday take the state’s three-day total past 100,000 and cases in the past fortnight to 262,000.

NSW Premier Dom Perrottet will…