That is the advice from deputy premier John Barilaro as Orange continues to record cases of the virus, with at least eight confirmed as of Tuesday afternoon.

He stressed the importance of having higher testing numbers as cases emerge in communities that are starting to record cases.

"In most cases, even in a place like Wilcannia, don't wait for symptoms, just get tested. We want to get testing numbers up so we can get ahead of the curve," Mr Barilaro said.

"I've always argued you should just get tested, especially if you've had an exposure in your community and you've got a case in your community

"We are happy to keep testing people. It doesn't have to be based on symptoms. You could be asymptomatic for days before you notice a case. The message should be: get tested."

There's a number of exposure sites in Orange, with Vivien's Hotbread at the North Orange Shopping Centre added to the list on Monday night, along with the BP in north Orange and another date of exposure for Bunnings, also in north Orange.

Testing locations at the Orange Showground and at Wade Park remain open in a bid to ramp up testing to combat growing case numbers in the city.

As a result, there are question marks over whether or not the lockdown in regional NSW will lift this weekend as planned.

"I'm still 24 hours away from even having a clue what's happening on Saturday and I'll know a lot more tomorrow (Wednesday) and then we'll make it public on Thursday," he said after flagging an extension on Monday.

Lifting of lockdown is looking more and more likely to be done on an local government area (LGA) basis, with higher-risk LGAs expected to remain under the strict stay-at-home orders will others go back to pre-lockdown restrictions.

"I'm comfortable with the LGA approach of lifting LGAs out of restriction," Mr Barilaro said.

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