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NT COVID-19 patients in hospital remain at 127, with two now in intensive care

A Code Yellow was lifted at Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH) yesterday. (ABC News: Che Chorley)

The number of coronavirus patients in Northern Territory hospitals remains the same as Friday at 127, NT Health said in a statement.

There are 18 patients requiring oxygen, and two patients in the intensive care unit.

In total, 835 new COVID-19 cases have been announced in the NT, 736 of which came from positive rapid antigen tests (RATs).

Of the new cases, 450 were recorded in the Top End region, 141 in Central Australia, 71 in East Arnhem, 29 in the Big Rivers region, 34 in the Barkly region and 110 are under investigation.

The number of active cases in the NT is about 6,467.

The NT's COVID-19 death toll remains at 14. 

It comes one day after NT health authorities lifted a Code Yellow alert for Royal Darwin and Palmerston hospitals.

The alert, which was issued due to overcrowding at Royal Darwin Hospital, was declared last Wednesday by NT Health.

It was the fifth Code Yellow emergency declared in the hospital system in the past 12 months.

Also on Friday, the NT government quietly lifted a ban preventing unvaccinated people from entering the NT.

The rule was the government's last major border policy directed at preventing the spread of coronavirus.

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