Seventy-five COVID-19 positive patients are still being cared for in Canberra hospitals, the same number as the past two days, as the territory continued its weekend case dip.
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There were 887 new cases of COVID-19 reported on Monday morning, the third day in a row the new infection tally was below 1000 cases. No deaths were reported.
The number of reported cases frequently falls over the weekend and in the following days as fewer people present for testing. It takes a longer run of lower case numbers for health authorities to identify a trend in infections.
There were five people in intensive care on Sunday night, including one person receiving ventilation support.
Seventy-five people with COVID-19 were also being cared for in Canberra hospitals on Saturday night, after the territory recorded 885 new cases of the virus.
ACT Health reported no deaths on Sunday, but the number of people in intensive care increased by one to six patients.
Australia has the highest per capita COVID-19 infection rate in the world, with about 40 people dying with the virus every day but health authorities are concerned the pandemic has slipped off the national agenda.
Almost 7800 Australians have died with COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, however, science and health writer Jane McCredie says "we have pretty much stopped talking about the biggest challenge our health system has ever faced".
The total number of Australians who had contracted the virus is now more than 6.45 million.
"That's more than five million people in five months, and it's bound to be an underestimate given the move to reliance on self-testing," she wrote.
with AAP
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