Covenant Christian School was exposed to COVID-19 on Friday, 15 November. Photo: Google Maps.
UPDATED 3 pm: Another Canberra school has been listed as a COVID-19 exposure site.
A person who was possibly infectious with COVID-19 visited the campus of Covenant Christian School in Gordon on Friday, 15 November.
The campus remains open, Minister for Health Rachel Stephen Smith confirmed this afternoon, although she was unsure if the case was a student or teacher.
This takes the total number of school campuses exposed to the virus to 22 since the beginning of November.
Given the 25 cases recorded overnight is the highest number of daily cases in almost a month, Ms Stephen-Smith sought to reassure the community that this was not unexpected.
“We’ve been saying for some time that we expect our cases to increase as we move around and gather more,” she said.
“It’s too early to say whether this is the start of a broader trend.”
She thanked the community for a strong response in coming out to get tested this week after more than 4,000 tests were recorded on Monday and over 2,000 negative test results came through overnight.
Ms Stephen-Smith wasn’t sure what led to this spike in the turnout for testing, however.
Furthermore, she flagged that with Cabinet expected to discuss a pilot program for the use of rapid antigen testing in schools this afternoon, an update on the subject should be expected tomorrow.
The double-dose vaccination rate in the ACT has hit 96.8 per cent. Photo: Region Media.
The ACT has recorded 25 new COVID-19 cases to 8 pm last night.
Yesterday there were six.
There are 191 active cases in the ACT. Three people are in hospital with COVID, one person is in ICU and one person is on a ventilator.
Of the ACT’s 12-plus population, 96.8 per cent are fully vaccinated.
There are 199 people in hospital with COVID and 29 in ICU.
Of the state’s 16-plus population, 91.4 per cent are fully vaccinated, and 80.7 per cent of the 12 to 15 population are fully vaccinated.
Yesterday, NSW recorded 231 new cases and two deaths.
In Victoria, there are 1007 new cases and 12 deaths.
Yesterday, the state recorded 996 new cases and eight deaths.
Around 88 per cent of the state’s 12-plus population is now fully vaccinated.
There are 337 people in hospital with COVID, 63 in ICU and 34 require ventilation.
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