This news comes despite today's announcement of a positive COVID case in Canowindra.

Western NSW Local Health District chief executive Scott McLachlan said today the Canowindra case isn't currently being considered "high risk" and the person is "now in isolation and being well cared for".

"We're still investigating the Canowindra case but at the moment, (despite being) infectious in the community in a couple of locations, we've been able to make contact with people at those venues and we are not seeing that at the moment (the case) as being high risk.

"It shouldn't change stay at home orders for Canowindra but obviously those investigations will continue through the day and any new information that we identify, we will come back and update on.

"We'll monitor Canowindra very closely, we don't know where that person picked up the Delta strain from," Mr McLachlan said.

Up to 8pm last night, Sunday, September 26 there were 24 new COVID cases identified in the Western NSW Local Health District.

Four new cases have been identified in the Cowra local government area.

These cases, Mr McLachlan said, are "primarily among school age children and household contacts".

He added that a number of the Cowra cases are members of the town's Aboriginal community.

"There are further cases across the Aboriginal community right across Dubbo, Wellington and Cowra.

"We've now got around 62 per cent of our total cases from the Aboriginal community across Western NSW," he said

The latest Cowra cases brings the total number of active cases in the shire to 27.

"With so many cases over the weekend and now further cases today it is obviously of real concern there is broader spread in the Cowra community," Mr McLachlan said.

"There are definitely people infectious in the community in the last two, three or four days, I urge people in Cowra, if you have any signs or symptoms please come and get tested," he said.

Other cases were detected in Dubbo 16 (11 in Wellington, 5 in Dubbo), two in Blayney and one in Narromine.

NSW Health urges local residents to be particularly vigilant for the onset of symptoms that could signal COVID-19, and if they appear, to immediately be tested and isolate until a negative result is received.

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