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Canberra covid cases drop

ONLY four cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the ACT in the 24 hours to 8pm yesterday (November 30).

COVID-19 testing centre at EPIC.

It brings the total active cases to 135, with 2010 cases since the start of this current outbreak.

This week there has been a total of 71 cases, which is down from 101 last week.

There are currently eight people in the ACT hospitalised as a result of the virus, including three in intensive care and two being ventilated.

ACT residents aged 12 and over who are fully vaccinated now number 97.8 per cent.

Based on data available from ACT Health, there have been 154 people with the virus hospitalised since August 2021, 42 of those requiring intensive care treatment. Of these 42, three have been fully vaccinated.

Since November 1 there have now been approximately 26 school locations where a case has attended the location during their infectious period (where a school has a junior and senior campus, these are counted separately as 2 locations). This is up from 20 last week.

Transmission onsite has still only occurred at five school locations.

More info and a list of the affected schools can be found here.

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