Canberra has recorded 13 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, as the list of schools exposed to the virus grows to nine.
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Melrose High School, Orana Steiner School, Namadgi High School, Holy Family School and Erindale College have all been exposed to positive cases, ACT Health advised on Sunday morning.
At least 31 cases are known to be linked to Wanniassa School, while Ainslie, Gordon and St Anthony's Parish Primary have also connected to infections.
The new cases take the ACT's total active cases to 135. The number of cases associated with this outbreak stands at 1729.
Just one patient was in hospital as of 8pm on Saturday. That patient was in intensive care and on a ventilator.
The percentage of the eligible ACT population who are now fully vaccinated has reached 94.4 per cent as at November 5.
There were 1147 negative test results up to 9am on Sunday.
It is not yet clear how many of the new cases are linked to Canberra's schools.
ACT exposure sites
New sites were added for close and casual exposure risks across the ACT at the weekend.
Club Lime gyms in Kambah and Tuggeranong are among the new close contact exposure sites.
The gaming area of the Burns Club in Kambah was also listed as a casual exposures site between 8pm and 10pm on Monday, and 10pm and 11.55pm on Thursday.
Salotto in Kingston has been listed as a close contact exposure site for between 2pm-3.30pm on Saturday November 6. Fenway Public House (4.15pm to 5.30pm) and San Churro (5.15pm to 6pm), both in Phillip, have also been listed as casual contact sites for Tuesday November 2.
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Some 269 virus patients remain in hospitals around the state, 52 of them in intensive care.
NSW is now 89.7 per cent fully vaccinated for people aged 16 and over, while 93.9 per cent have at least had one jab.
On Sunday, Victoria reported 1173 new cases and nine deaths.
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