24 October 2021

ACT records nine new COVID-19 cases

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AIS vaccination clinic

The AIS vaccination clinic helped drive the ACT’s high vaccination rates. Photo: Michelle Kroll.

The ACT has recorded nine new cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8 pm yesterday.

There are 20 people in ACT hospitals, including 11 in ICU, four require ventilation.

A total of 1,586 tests were conducted in the 24 hours to 9 am today. There are 390 active cases in the ACT.

Of the Territory’s 12-plus population, 87.3 per cent are now fully vaccinated.

Details of the latest COVID-19 exposure sites are available here.

In NSW there were 296 cases and four more deaths.

In Victoria, 1935 new cases and 11 deaths were recorded.

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