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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
National
Staff reporters

ACT records 10 cases of COVID-19, one person in hospital

The ACT has reported 10 new cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm on Sunday, bringing the total number of active cases to 175.

There is now one active case of COVID-19 in hospital in the ACT, but none in the intensive care unit.

The scale of the current outbreak now stands at 1829 total cases, as the number of residents aged 12 and over who are fully vaccinated reaches 96.4 per cent.

Daily testing remains under 2000 per day, with 1635 negative tests in the 24-hour reporting period after a weekend of relaxed restrictions across the territory.

Around Australia

There are 165 cases of COVID-19 in NSW and one death as hospitals are given the green light to resume elective surgery at full capacity.

The 165 new cases were recorded in the 24 hours to 8pm on Sunday - down 30 on the previous day's tally and there were 50,453 tests.

The number of COVID-19 cases in hospital was down eight to 216 people, with 32 in intensive care.

Some 94.2 per cent of people over 16 are fully vaccinated and 91.1 per cent of adults have had their first jab.

Victoria has recorded 860 new COVID-19 cases and five deaths in the 24 hours to midnight.

The state's population aged over 12 years is now 87 per cent fully vaccinated.

There are 378 COVID-19 patients in hospital with 78 active in ICU, 71 cleared in ICU and 48 ventilated.

There were 48,104 tests done in the past 24 hours while 5030 vaccinations were delivered at state-run clinics yesterday.

With AAP

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr. Picture: Karleen Minney
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