News location:

Thursday, October 1, 2026 | Digital Edition | Crossword & Sudoku

Weekly covid report counts only 536 cases

THE ACT has recorded 536 new COVID-19 cases this week, the lowest amount so far recorded in the weekly reports.

It’s down from last week’s 616 cases and 730 the week prior.

Of the new 536 cases, 213 were detected via PCR test and 323 via RATs.

As of 4pm yesterday, the ACT had 312 active cases.

There were also 53 people in hospitals with the virus across Canberra, with one person in the intensive care unit, but none requiring ventilation.

Since March 2020 the ACT has recorded a total of 206,285 covid cases.

People aged 50+ in the ACT who have received four doses of a covid vaccine number 59.7 per cent.

News all day, every day at CityNews.com.au.

Who can be trusted?

In a world of spin and confusion, there’s never been a more important time to support independent journalism in Canberra.

If you trust our work online and want to enforce the power of independent voices, I invite you to make a small contribution.

Every dollar of support is invested back into our journalism to help keep citynews.com.au strong and free.

Become a supporter

Thank you,

Ian Meikle, editor

Share this

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

*

*

Related Posts

Update

Opposition parties attack ACT health job cuts

The Canberra Liberals and ACT Greens have attacked plans for about 65 voluntary redundancies across the Health and Community Services Directorate, raising concerns about the impact on services.

Follow us on Instagram @canberracitynews