However, Premier Gladys Berejiklian said not all of the federal government’s three-stage plan, revealed on Friday, will be implemented straight away.

Outdoor gatherings of up to 10 people will be allowed, the premier announced on Sunday, while five people will be allowed to visit other households.

The premier said that combination “is up to you”, but it includes children.

“A total of five people irrespective of the ages and stages of those people is there in place,” Berejiklian said.

Currently, two adults from the same household, along with their dependent children, can visit another home in NSW.

From Friday, cafes and restaurants will also be allowed to have 10 patrons at a time, provided they still practise social distancing.

“If it’s a very small hole in the wall, you won’t be able to have 10 because you need to keep the four square metre rule, you need to have the social distancing,” Berejiklian said. 

The new relaxing of restrictions also allows 10 guests at weddings, 20 people at indoor funerals, and 30 at outdoor funerals.

Religious gatherings and places of worship can also welcome up to 10 people.

Outdoor equipment including gyms and playgrounds can be used with caution, with people encouraged to sanitise the equipment, and swimming in outdoor pools will be allowed.

However, unlike other states, NSW will not allow travel to regional areas just yet.

“Please acknowledge that NSW, whilst considering the advice from the National Cabinet and considering what National Cabinet endorsed, every state has to move at its own pace,” Berejiklian said. 

“We’re not ready to ease restrictions as much as other states have. 

“But what we will do is assure the community that so long as we keep working together, so long as we keep working hard, that we can continue to move forward.

Berejiklian this morning said NSW is able to ease some restrictions due to the low rate of infection across the state.

“We’re at this point in the pandemic because everybody has pulled together and done the right thing,” she said.

NSW recorded just one new case of coronavirus overnight, from 5200 tests conducted on Sunday.

The new case was an overseas traveller from the UK.

Berejiklian admitted she is “extremely worried” how people will behave once restrictions are eased on Friday.

“Just because we’re easing restrictions doesn’t mean the virus is less deadly or of less threat,” she stressed.

The premier urged residents not to take advantage of the changes and to come forward and be tested.

NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant pinpointed the Sydney areas Canada Bay, Canterbury Bankstown and Cumberland as places where people should be tested.

There are currently 107 coronavirus patients being treated in NSW hospitals, with seven people on ventilators in intensive care.

The state’s death toll stands at 46.