MOLONG continues to be an area of COVID-19 concern with nine of the 14 cases recorded for the Western NSW Local Health District to 8pm on Friday night coming from the town.
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There were also three cases for Cabonne (apart from Molong's) and one for Bathurst.
Friday night's total means Molong has now recorded 41 cases since November 29.
All cases are being cared for the community with no one battling the virus in the area's hospitals.
Molong residents with no symptoms are being urged to get tested with the WNSWLHD encouraging surveillance testing.
If residents have a surveillance test they will not need to isolate if:
You do not have any symptoms
No one in your household has symptoms
You, and no one else in your household is a close contact of person with COVID-19
You have not been to any of the places listed as a close or casual contact venue.
Testing in Molong is available at the Old Railway station all weekend from 10am to 3pm.
Drive through testing is available at Bathurst at the Old Clancy Motors site, enter via Rankin Street entry to RSL car park, 8am to 4pm.
Residents are also being urged to keep doing to the basics, QR codes, wearing masks in busy areas and washing and sanitizing your hands.
NSW authorities are racing to track down the source of an emerging Omicron variant cluster at a western Sydney school, as COVID-19 case numbers begin to spike again.
The total number of confirmed cases with the Omicron variant in NSW has risen to 13. Results on further likely cases are due later on today.
NSW recorded 325 new COVID-19 cases and one death in the 24 hours to 8pm.
Two cases have been excluded following further investigation, bringing the total number of cases in NSW since the beginning of the pandemic to 82,648.
The one death reported on Friday was a woman in her 50s from south western Sydney. She had received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine and had underlying health conditions.
Across NSW there are 139 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital, with 25 people in intensive care, eight of whom require ventilation.
Across NSW, 68,435 tests were conducted in the 24 hours to 8pm, which was down from the previous day's total of 80,930.
Of those aged 16 or older 94.6 per cent have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, while 92.7 per cent are fully vaccinated.
In the 12-15 year old age group, 81.4 per cent have received a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and 77 per cent are fully vaccinated.
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