A woman with coronavirus has died in the ACT. It is the third death of someone in their nineties in as many days.
Cases have remained over the 1000 mark since Monday, too; there were 1080 new cases in the latest reporting period.
That included 67 people in Canberra hospitals with COVID (up from 64 the previous day). Four were in intensive care and none were being ventilated. Both those figures were unchanged.
There have been 107,769 total cases of coronavirus reported in the ACT since mid March, and there are 5782 active cases in Canberra.
Despite the high numbers, ACT government will go ahead with plans to scrap vaccine mandates for teachers and health care workers from next week.
The decision comes in the wake of staff shortages in hospitals and disruptions in schools.
Chief health officer Kerryn Coleman has indicated satisfaction that the high-level of vaccine coverage would reduce the risk of outbreaks.
More than 97 per cent of Canberrans aged five and over have received at least two doses of a vaccine. More than 75 per cent of Canberra residents aged 16 years and over have received a booster, according to ACT Health.
The percentage of 5 to 11 year olds who have had one dose is 80.7 per cent.
Around Australia
NSW recorded 11,939 cases of coronavirus in the latest reporting period, with 1510 hospitalisations. Twenty one people died with COVID in NSW in the 24 hours to 4pm Tuesday.
Victoria has recorded 10,779 cases and 11 deaths in the last reporting period. There were 473 people in hospital in Victoria, including 25 in intensive care.
Tasmania has recorded 1078 cases and one death, with 50 in hospital and two in ICU.
The Northern Territory recorded 399 cases, with 37 in hospital and one in ICU.
Meanwhile, three new Omicron subvariants, BA.2.12.1, BA.4 and BA.5, have been detected in Australia.
Associate Professor Stuart Turville from the UNSW's Kirby Institute said the severity and transmissibility of the new Omicron subvariants had yet to be determined.
"As with all variants, the key parameter to watch is disease severity and this data takes time to accumulate," Professor Turville said.
"There is still a lot about this virus that is unknown and there are many paths it has the potential to take."
- with Australian Associated Press
