The number of active case COVID cases in the territory is slowly rising, as hospital admissions hit 90 over the weekend.
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ACT Health recorded 809 new COVID-19 infections in the 24 hours to 8pm on Saturday.
While this was down slightly from the 865 cases reported yesterday, the number of active infections in Canberra has steadily climbed since last week.
There are now 5310 active cases. This time last week, there was 4515 active cases.
The rolling seven-day average on new cases has also risen in that time. The average is now at 834. A week ago, it was at 724.
Hospitalisations also rose slightly in Sunday's numbers, with ACT Health reporting 90 admissions. There were two patients receiving intensive care, with neither requiring ventilation.
COVID hospital admission hit a record high last week, with 97 people receiving treatment on Wednesday.
Of the 809 new cases, 451 were diagnosed from, PCR tests and the remaining 358 were identified through rapid antigen tests.
At the end of last week, it was revealed that five of six reported COVID deaths were from the same aged care facility. There was a delay in reporting the May fatalities due to internal delays from the residential aged care facility.
ACT Health has warned people to not click on any links in text messages claiming to be from the health department.
The messages tell people they are a COVID-19 close contact and need a PCR test and includes a link for people to book a test.
ACT Health said this is a scam and should be reported to the ACCC consumer rights scamwatch website.
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NSW
- Deaths: 7
- New cases: 6348
- Hospitalisations: 1406
- ICU: 50
- Ventilation: Unknown
Victoria
- Deaths: 19
- New cases: 5472
- Hospitalisations: 422
- ICU: 27
- Ventilation: 9
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