NSW Health authorities say there are now five Omicron cases connected to a cluster at an indoor climbing gym and two Western Sydney schools.
Key points:
- A second school at Regents Park is now included in an Omicron cluster
- Students in Year 3 and 4 and teachers at St Peter Chanel Catholic Primary School are asked to self-isolate
- NSW recorded 286 new COVID-19 cases and 1 death in the 24 hours to 8.00pm last night
A confirmed case in the ACT has also been linked to the Sydney Indoor Climbing Gym at Villawood.
There are now 15 cases of COVID-19 with the Omicron variant across the state.
The outbreak of cases connected to Regents Park Christian School and the indoor gym has now spread to a primary school in Regents Park.
A student from St Peter Chanel Catholic Primary School in Regents Park is confirmed as a new case of Omicron, after going to the indoor gym on November 27.
All year three and year four students and teachers at the school have been deemed close contacts and asked to self-isolate.
Genomic sequencing is underway on a number of other cases linked to the schools and gym, NSW Health said.
Anyone who was at the Sydney Indoor Climbing Gym in Villawood on Saturday, November 27, between 9am and 4.30pm is considered a close contact and must get tested and isolate for seven days.
So far, nobody with the Omicron variant has been admitted to hospital for treatment in NSW.
Read more about the Omicron variant:
New South Wales has recorded 286 new COVID-19 cases and 1 death in the past 24 hours to 8pm last night.
A man aged in his 60s from south-eastern Sydney has died at St George Hospital.
NSW Health said he had received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine and had underlying health conditions.
There were 66,671 COVID-19 tests reported to 8pm last night, down from 68,435 the previous day.
Several cases confirmed as the Omicron variant travelled back to NSW on flights from overseas destinations in late November.
Anyone who has been in South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, Eswatini and Malawi 14-days before arriving in NSW must go into hotel quarantine for 14 days, irrespective of their vaccination.
Those who have visited any of the eight African countries within the previous 14 days must get tested and isolate for 14 days, and call NSW Health.
To date, 92.8 per cent of New South Wales residents aged 16 and over have had two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.
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