The forecast was based on the exponential growth of the Omicron BA.2 sub-variant - a more infectious strain of the virus. 9News
New South Wales has recorded 14,034 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, a notable drop from yesterday.There are 998 people in hospital with the disease, up slightly from yesterday.Yesterday NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard forecast that COVID-19 numbers would double in the state in a matter of weeks.
His forecast was based on the exponential growth of the Omicron BA.2 sub-variant, a more infectious strain of the virus."But we are concerned at this point that BA.2 is amongst us and overtaking BA.1."READ MORE:
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