The ACT has recorded nine new cases in the 24 hours to 8pm on Sunday.
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There are 20 people hospitalised with the virus, 10 of whom are in intensive care, with five requiring ventilation.
The new cases bring the active total to 332, while the number of cases associated with this outbreak now stands at 1595.
Meantime, the percentage of the eligible population who are fully vaccinated has reached 88 per cent.
In the 24 hours to 9am Monday, 647 negative test results were returned, after the figure dropped to 982 on Sunday.
Back to school
Children in preschool, kindergarten, year 1, year 2 and year 6 returned to primary schools on Monday, while year 9 and 10 students joined year 11 and 12 students on campus.
The remaining grades are set to return on November 1, as part of the ACT's staged return to on-campus learning.
ACT schools have been advised to avoid different year groups mingling during the school day, to limit potential exposure, while older students and all staff will be required to wear masks at school.
Restrictions will ease further beyond the schoolyard from the end of the week, with increases in visitor and outdoor gathering caps, as well as at a range of venues.
Pop-up vaccination clinics
The ACT government will also run five pop-up Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination clinics this week, in an effort to reach the last remaining Canberrans yet to be vaccinated.
A clinic at YWCA Canberra Mura Lanyon and Community Centre, at 22 Sidney Nolan Street, Conder will be open on Monday and Tuesday.
A clinic at the Turner Scout Hall, at 11 Masson Street, will be open on Wednesday, while a clinic at the Yeddung Mura Aboriginal Corporation in Fadden will be open on Thursday.
Walk-in vaccinations will be available at the long-stay caravan park in Symonston on Thursday and Friday, while a clinic will be open at the Gungahlin Salvos on Friday.
Around Australia
Victoria has recorded 1461 new COVID-19 cases and seven deaths in the 24 hours to midnight.
The state now at 74 per cent fully vaccinated population aged 16 years and over.
There are 802 COVID-19 patients in hospital with 152 in ICU and 92 ventilated.
More than 500 people have died from COVID-19 in the latest NSW outbreak, with the state recording 294 new locally acquired cases and four deaths as all student year groups return to face-to-face learning.
There have been 502 COVID-related deaths in NSW since the latest wave began on June 16.
Now 93 per cent of people 16 and over have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 84.8 per cent of adults are fully jabbed.
There are 474 COVID-19 patients in NSW hospitals, 116 of them in intensive care.
All student year groups are returning to NSW classrooms for face-to-face learning despite some schools being closed for deep cleaning after COVID-19 cases.
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