BY DAKOTA TAIT
- Newcastle - 267
- Lake Macquarie - 213
- Maitland - 45
- Port Stephens - 40
- Cessnock - 30
- Mid Coast - 8
- Singleton - 8
- Muswellbrook - 7
- Armidale - 4
- Upper Hunter - 4
- Tamworth - 3
- Dungog - 1
- Gunnedah - 1
- Inverell - 1
- Moree Plains - 1
STATEWIDE
NSW has recorded 1,742 new local cases and no deaths.
192 people are in hospital with the virus, including 26 in intensive care.
The statewide vaccination rates are currently at 93.3 per cent double dose and 94.8 per cent single dose.
EXPOSURE SITES
All 680 people who checked into the Argyle House nightclub in Newcastle from 9pm on Wednesday December 8 to 3am on Thursday December 9 have been assessed as close contacts and must get tested immediately and isolate for seven days.
Anyone who attended the University of Newcastle Medical Ball at Newcastle Exhibition and Convention Centre (NEX) on Friday December 10 have also been classified as close contacts and must get tested immediately and isolate for seven days.
People who were at Finnegan's Hotel from 6:30pm on Friday December 10 to 2:30am on Saturday December 11 are close contacts and must get tested immediately and isolate for seven days.
People who were at the Cambridge Hotel from 6:30pm on Friday December 10 to 2:30am on Saturday December 11 are also close contacts and must get tested immediately and isolate for seven days.
