There are 10 people hospitalised with the virus, seven of whom are in intensive care, with five requiring ventilation.

The new cases bring the active total to 258, while the number of cases associated with this outbreak now stands at 1625.

Meanwhile, the percentage of the eligible population who are now fully vaccinated has reached 91.4 per cent.

There were 1212 negative tests received in the 24 hours to 8pm on Wednesday.

Restrictions to ease further

Chief Minister Andrew Barr announced on Wednesday that quarantine time for fully vaccinated close contacts in the ACT would be halved, as the territory follows NSW and Victoria in slashing the isolation period from 14 days to seven.

Casual contacts will also no longer have to quarantine at all from next Monday, under changes to contact tracing rules announced by ACT chief health officer Dr Kerryn Coleman.

A further set of changes will come into effect on Friday, including increase to household and outdoor gatherings, hospitality density limits and scrapping a requirement for face masks outdoors.

From Monday, travel will open up for fully vaccinated people between Victoria, NSW and ACT, while international returnees will also have more opportunity to return home to the territory.

Two people have died with COVID-19 in NSW, taking the state's COVID-19 death toll to 508.

NSW had 293 fresh cases in Thursday's update, with 381 people in hospital and 82 requiring intensive care.

93.3 per cent of people aged 16+ have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, while 86 per cent of people aged 16 years and older have had two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Victoria recorded 1923 COVID-19 cases and 25 deaths in the 24 hours to midnight, bringing the total active cases in the state to 22,189.

There are 746 patients with coronavirus in hospitals, 137 in ICU and 85 ventilated.

The state now has 77 per cent of the population aged 16 years and over fully vaccinated.

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