A woman in her 70s has become the 81st person in the territory reported to have died with the COVID-19 virus.
The ACT recorded 1199 new COVID-19 cases in the 24 hours until 8pm Tuesday.
There were 136 people with COVID-19 in hospital in the 24 hours to Monday 8pm. Of those, two patients are in the ICU but none are on ventilation. These are the same figures as the day before, and just below the record of 138 hospitalisations set on July 1.
There are 7245 known active cases in the community, just below the 7488 record set the day before. It is the first time the known active case tally has gone backwards since June 27.
COVID-19 vaccinations
Australia's immunisation experts are considering whether to recommend a fourth COVID-19 vaccine jab for the wider population as the nation grapples with rising cases.
The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation is expected to discuss at its next meeting on Wednesday whether more people should be eligible for a fourth dose.
A fourth vaccination is currently only available for people over-65 and vulnerable Australians.
NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard said on Tuesday that having two vaccine doses was not enough protection.
Mr Hazzard said the BA.4 and BA.5 variants were "rather pesky" and potentially not stopping transmission of the virus.
"What we do know now is that getting fully vaccinated ... does make a difference," he said.
"The vaccinations are not necessarily stopping transmission [of BA.4 and BA.5]. So these rather pesky little variants are quite intelligent and they're working their way around the current vaccines."
- Aged 5-11 years (1 dose): 80.6 per cent
- Aged 5-11 years (2 doses): 69 per cent
- Aged 5+ years (2 doses): 97.4 per cent
- Aged 16+ years (3 doses): 77.3 per cent
Around Australia
NSW
- Deaths: 14
- New cases: 10504
- Hospitalisations: 1782
- ICU: 58
- Ventilation: Unknown
Victoria
- Deaths: 16
- New cases: 8740
- Hospitalisations: 543
- ICU: 28
- Ventilation: 5
Queensland
- Deaths: 11
- New cases: 5698
- Hospitalisations: 710
- ICU: 14
South Australia
- TBA
Tasmania
- New cases: 1588
- Hospitalisations: 76
- ICU: 2
Northern Territory
- New cases: 342
- Hospitalisations: 21
- ICU: 0
Western Australia
- WA no longer publishes daily case numbers
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