The ACT has recorded another 16 COVID-19 cases in the 24 hours to 8pm on Saturday, as an alarming outbreak in the Northern Territory continues to grow.
There are five people in hospital with the virus across the ACT, including two in intensive care and one requiring a ventilator.
There are 177 cases currently active in the community, with 1918 total cases recorded in the ACT. Nearly 2300 negative tests were returned in the 24 hours to 9am on Sunday.
As of Friday, 97 per cent of ACT residents aged 12 and over had received both doses.
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The Northern Territory recorded another nine cases, all in Indigenous Australians in the Binjari community near Katherine.
The community has been plunged into hard lockdown, along with the neighbouring Rockhole community. Both will be provided with food and essential items, NT Health said.
The outbreak has caused alarm, given vaccination among its Indigenous population lagged well behind the broader population.
The infections confirmed on Sunday ranged from a 17-year-old boy to a 78-year-old woman, who presented to Katherine Hospital with symptoms. The others were moved to the Howard Springs quarantine facility.
NT Chief Minister Michael Gunner warned the outbreak was likely to spread. "There is a real risk the virus has reached the connected communities further away," he told reporters on Sunday.
NSW recorded another 176 COVID-19 cases and two deaths. There were 192 people in hospital across the state, including 32 people in intensive care. Nearly 92 per cent of NSW's 16-and-over population has been fully-vaccinated.
Victoria recorded another 1275 infections and four deaths, a day after a 10-year-old in the state became the youngest person to die with COVID-19 in Australia. But it was edging towards 90 per cent full vaccination among its 12-and-over population, and was expected to pass the threshold on Sunday.
Over 85 per cent (85.1) of Australia's 16-and-over population have now received both doses.
