Throughout the pandemic, NSW has mostly managed to keep a lid on outbreaks without imposing hard restrictions like we saw in Victoria and South Australia.

While those states went into various stages of hard lockdown, NSW used a fast, efficient contact tracing system to get on top of things before they got too bad.

But with the growing outbreak on Sydney's Northern Beaches showing little sign of slowing down, has that system met its match?

On today's Coronacast will NSW need harsher restrictions to get on top of things?