Nurse and paramedic among five new COVID-19 cases for NSW

New South Wales has confirmed five new cases of COVID-19, with a nurse and paramedic among those infected.

Another staff member and resident from the coronavirus cluster at a Sydney aged care home are also among the newly infected.

NSW Chief Health Officer, Dr Kerry Chant, said the paramedic worked at the Liverpool ambulance superstation and is currently being treated in hospital.

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A nurse at Sydney Adventist Hospital had also tested positive and an investigation was under way to determine the source of each.

Close contact tracing is also under way for each of the new cases. The two cases attached to the COVID-19 cluster at the Anglicare Newmarch House in Sydney's west have brought the number of cases from the aged care facility to 44:  29 residents and 15 staff members.

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With 55 staff forced into isolation, the federal government has activated a "surge workforce", including the deployment of an emergency response team, to support operator Anglicare.

Federal Aged Care and Senior Australians Minister Richard Colbeck said Anglicare would call a resident and family meeting today.

Representatives from the Department of Health, the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissioner, and the Older Persons Advocacy Network will also attend.

National Deputy Chief Health Officer Paul Kelly said unlimited workforce support had been offered to assist with the difficult situation of having a large number of residents with COVID-19 and a number of staff absent due to close contact with a coronavirus case.

Strict isolation protocols are in place for residents.

A staff member who worked for six consecutive days with mild symptoms, primarily a sore throat, introduced the virus to the facility.

A 92-year-old woman was the latest death at Newmarch House on Tuesday, while the deaths of a 75-year-old man at St George Hospital and an 80-year-old woman at Gosford Hospital brought the state's total to 33.

No new deaths were reported in NSW today and the states total confirmed cases sits at 2976.

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With AAP.