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Tim Dornin

WA man dies with COVID-19 in the NT

A WA man who passed away at Royal Darwin Hospital has been added to the NT's COVID-19 death toll. (AAP)

A man in his 60s from a remote community in Western Australia has been included in the Northern Territory's COVID-19 death toll.

Officials say the man passed away in the Royal Darwin Hospital on February 18 with his death confirmed as virus-related after being referred to the chief health officer.

Two other deaths were revealed in the NT on Thursday, a Darwin man in his 70s and a woman in her 60s from central Australia.

There have now been 19 COVID-related deaths in the NT since the start of the pandemic.

Another 757 infections were reported on Thursday, while 108 people remain in hospital with the virus, including seven in intensive care.

Active virus cases across the Territory stand at 5275.

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