A positive case of COVID-19 has been recorded in Wellington.
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There were 10 new cases in the Western NSW Local Heath District in the 24 hours to 8pm on Thursday night. Nine of them were in the Cabonne local government area, which included eight in Molong.
The Wellington case is the first in the Dubbo local government area since November 25.
There are currently no COVID-19 cases in the Western NSW LHD in hospital.
There are 128 cases in the Care in the Community program.
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Meanwhile, there were 337 cases recorded across NSW and more Omicron cases flagged.
The eighth Omicron case, who arrived on a flight from Singapore, was confirmed overnight.
The fully-vaccinated traveller has been in hotel quarantine since arriving late last month, and had recently been in southern Africa.
There were no new deaths added to the pandemic's toll in the Friday update.
First dose vaccination for people 16 and over remains at 94.6 per cent, with double dose at 92.6 per cent.
For those 12 to 15, the numbers are 81.3 and 76.9 per cent respectively.