Palmerston District Primary School has been declared as an exposure site.
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The school principal wrote to parents saying: "A person with COVID-19 was at our school during the time that they may have been infectious to others during the year 6 graduation from 1.45 pm to 3pm on Thursday, December 16."
Anybody at the ceremony, which was held indoors, was told to quarantine and have a test.
"Thank you for your patience, understanding and support at this time," the Principal, Kate Smith, said.
Over the weekend, a flight into Canberra from Newcastle was labelled a close contact exposure site.
People visiting the weights room in Braddon's Club Lime and Crossfit Strive For Success in Hume this week were also identified as close contacts.
The new sites come as the nation's capital recorded another 18 new cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm on Saturday. On Monday, Health Minister Rachel Stephen-Smith said there were 40 cases of Omicron infection in the ACT.
Close contact
Club Lime Braddon (Weights Room only), Braddon, December 15, 4.30pm to 5.30pm
Crossfit Strive For Success, Hume, December 13, 4pm to 4.45pm
Flight FP313 - Pelican Airlines (NTL to CBR), Canberra Airport, December 12, 11.50am to 12.50pm
Casual contact
Acton
Badger & CO, Australian National University, December 15, 1pm to 2.20pm
Barton
Chairman Yip, December 15, 7.30pm to 9pm
Dickson
Jimmy's Place, December 16, 6.30pm to 8.30pm
Capital Brewing Co, December 14, 5pm to 5.50pm
Griffith
Urban Pantry, December 11, 10.30am to 11.15am
Gungahlin
Grease Monkey Gungahlin, December 16, 5.30pm to 6.30pm
Hume
Synergy Self Defence and Fitness (Wimp 2 Warrior Canberra Series 8 Finale, Session 2 only), December 11, 3.15pm to 4.45pm
Kingston
Chong Co Thai Restaurant and Bar Kingston, December 14, 7pm to 9pm
Agostinis, December 12, 1.30pm to 3pm
Queenies Kingston, December 12, 3.30pm to 4.30pm
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Phillip
Space Kitchen, December 15, 11.55am to 1.30pm
Pialligo
Pialligo Estate (Glasshouse only), December 11, 6.50pm to 10pm
Yarralumla
The Commonwealth Club, December 17, 8am to 9am
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