Canberra has recorded 17 new COVID-19 cases in the 24 hours to 8pm last night, 11 of which are linked to known infections and six still under investigation. Ten of the 11 linked cases are household contacts.

Only five of the new cases in the ACT were in quarantine for their entire infectious period and the remaining 12 spent part of their infectious period in the community.

Health Minister Rachel Stephen-Smith says while six of these cases are under investigation, five are known to have been in quarantine during their entire infectious period and 12 spent some of that time in the community.

She says eight people are in hospital, two of them in intensive care and one requiring ventilation.

From Monday, vaccination bookings will be available for 12- to 15-year-olds at ACT mass vaccination clinics. However, there will be a wait as appointments won’t be available until mid-October.

“There are are about 25,000 young people in this age group in the ACT,” the minister told reporters on Sunday.

“So while this is a relatively small cohort, we know that is is particularly important that we continue our vaccination program to ensure that young people in our community can be vaccinated.”

A total of 2,992 tests were conducted in the ACT yesterday.

Police conducted 82 traffic stops with just two directions to leave the ACT.

A number of construction sites have been added as exposure locations since the building industry was allowed to reopen under Covid-safe restrictions earlier this month.

With AAP

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