A man in his 90s has died with COVID-19, marking the ACT’s first death associated with the current outbreak.
Chief Minister Andrew Barr said the man had been “extremely unwell” prior to contracting the COVID-19.
The man had been receiving end of life care at the Calvary Haydon Retirement Community aged care facility prior to contracting the virus.
His passing brings the ACT’s total number of COVID-19 deaths to four since the start of the pandemic.
Nineteen new cases were recorded overnight with 17 linked and the remaining two under investigation.
Seven of the new cases were in quarantine for their entire infectious period.
At least eight spent part of their infectious period in the community while four remain under investigation.
There are eight people hospitalised with or due to COVID-19. Three are in intensive care, all requiring ventilation.
Five hospitalised patients are unvaccinated, one has had one dose, and two are fully vaccinated.
The age range of the patients spans from in their 30s to 90s.
The total number of cases now stands at 769 cases.
513 have recovered, leaving 255 active cases.
3966 tests were conducted yesterday, a number much higher than what is usually recorded on a Sunday.
The vaccination rollout continues to gather pace, with around 55,000 first and second doses being administered across the ACT on a weekly basis.
86.8 per cent of the eligible population have received at least one jab, and 59.3 per cent double-vaxxed.
Mr Barr said that 50,000 first doses and 150,000 second doses remain from this point onward.
The Chief Minister today also announced how the ACT’s health restrictions will ease throughout October, with some changes to take effect from 1 October, the lockdown to formally end 15 October, and the further easing from 29 October.
All of the adjustments are reliant on the public health risk remaining stable in the interim.
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