‘We’re all going to get Omicron’: NSW health minister’s warning as state records 6,394 cases

Covid case numbers continue to grow across Australia with 1,608 cases in Victoria, 774 in South Australia, 714 in Queensland, 44 in Tasmania and 12 in the Northern Territory

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New South Wales reported 6,394 new infections on Boxing Day and 458 cases in hospital, with the health minister warning we're all going to get Omicron" and the Australia-wide tally reaching almost 10,000 cases.

The case numbers in NSW are a slight increase on the already record case numbers reported on Christmas Day.