Diddy cancels New Year’s Eve party due to COVID-Omicron variant safety concerns

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Diddy has reportedly made the decision to cancel his annual New Year’s Eve bash in response to the surge of positive COVID-19 cases due to the Omicron variant. Diddy was planning to throw his annual NYE party in Miami on Friday night (December 31) with 500 of his closest friends. However, earlier this month, he decided to cancel the whole thing due to rising coronavirus cases in Florida and across the nation.

Diddy last hosted his NYE bash in 2019 before the pandemic hit, and was forced to cancel his party in 2020.  In 2019, Diddy’s NYE party saw celebrities like Fat Joe, Meek Mill, DaBaby, DJ Khaled and Winnie Harlow pack into Story Nightclub in Miami.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. daily record for COVID-19 cases was broken on Tuesday (December 28). Additionally, the seven-day average of U.S. cases topped 267,000 on Tuesday.

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