The Argyle House nightclub COVID-19 cluster has grown to 150, after 650 people checked into an event there last Wednesday.
A Hunter public health controller is predicting a 1970s-themed prom night at a Newcastle nightclub could become one of the highest COVID-19 transmission events in the world.COVID cases soar in nightclub cluster, with more than 200 recorded in the health district todayMany of the cases are likely to be the new Omicron variant
Health officials said of the 650 people checked into the event, 150 people have so far tested positive to COVID-19, most likely with the new Omicron variant. Of the new cases, 216 are from the Hunter alone with 116 from Newcastle, 48 from Lake Macquarie, 28 from Maitland, 11 from Port Stephens, seven from Cessnock, five from Singleton and one from Dungog.Dr David Durrheim said the numbers are only set to increase.
"We obviously reviewed CCTV footage, there was almost no mask wearing and clearly people were huddled together very, very close," he said.
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