Coronavirus Cases in Australia’s NSW Spike to 171

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian attends a press conference announcing that all mass gatherings of 500 people or more in Australia are cancelled from March 16, 2020. Brook Mitchell/Getty Images

Gladys Berejiklian, the premier of Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales, has urged people to not take chances with their health or the health of others as the number of coronavirus cases rise.

The number of confirmed cased of coronavirus in NSW has jumped dramatically to reach 171.