BY DAKOTA TAIT
- Newcastle - 294
- Lake Macquarie - 220
- Maitland - 75
- Cessnock - 19
- Port Stephens - 16
- Singleton - 16
- Muswellbrook - 5
- Tamworth - 4
- Upper Hunter - 4
- Inverell - 3
- Armidale - 2
- Dungog - 1
- Mid Coast - 1
STATEWIDE
NSW has recorded 2,501 new local cases and no deaths.
261 people are in hospital with the virus, including 33 in intensive care.
The statewide vaccination rates are currently at 93.4 per cent double dose and 94.9 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, and Saturday December 11 from 7pm to close, 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, on Saturday December 11 from 7pm to close, and Sunday December 12 from 6pm to close, are also close contacts and must get tested immediately and isolate for seven days.
