Residents of Sydney's Northern Beaches have an anxious wait to see if they will get the same Christmas privileges as other families after attending COVID-19 drive-through testing clinics in record numbers today. More than 100,00 COVID swabs were done in the Northern Beaches today as authorities work to shut down the cluster in time to ease restrictions on Christmas day. Lines at the Manly Hospital testing clinic were said to be the "longest ever seen" while those at the Curl Curl testing location as said to be several hours long. READ MORE: Police were out in force today around Northern Beaches suburbs, making sure locals were complying with current restrictions and politely reminding them of their responsibilities under current health rules.