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New covid infections and hospital numbers keep falling

NEW covid cases and hospital infection numbers continue to fall in Canberra, according to the latest figures from Health ACT today (August 28).

There were 175 (108 PCR and 67 RAT) new COVID-19 cases reported, a drop on yesterday’s 212 and Wednesday’s 296.

Active cases numbers are also continuing to slump to 1394 compared to, say, last Sunday’s 1874.

Hospital numbers have also fallen to 104 infections. There are three patients in intensive care with covid and one on a ventilator.

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