THE ACT has recorded its fourth covid death this week with the reported death today (January 18) of a woman in her 80s.
Her death takes the total attributed to covid in the ACT to 20 people.
And the number of people in hospital with COVID-19 has jumped higher to 63, “including six in intensive care and two ventilated,” says ACT Health.
The number of new covid cases in Canberra in the 24 hours to 8pm last night stands at 1860 (976 PCR and 884 rapid antigen tests). ACT Health is currently managing 3585 active cases.
On the vaccine front, 31.8 per cent of ACT residents aged 18 and over have received their booster shots and 30.2 per cent of children, 5-11, have received one dose.
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