DAILY covid case numbers continue to tumble as active case numbers in Canberra also fall, according to the latest figures from ACT Health.
UPDATE: Sunday, August 7: Police report that missing teen Henry Clifton has been found "safe and well".
LEN POWER reviews the Australian Chamber Orchestra's concert, "The Crowd & I".
There have been 11 deaths with covid in Canberra since last Saturday (July 30), including that of a man in his 80s listed in today's numbers from ACT Health.
A 46-year-old Gordon man was immediately suspended from driving for 90 days for refusing roadside and police station breath tests after police arrested him at 2am today.
Second day on the job and one of the ACT's newest police constables caught a 21-year-old Richardson man speeding more than 40km/h above the speed limit in Curtin yesterday.
A man alleged to have been involved in multiple car thefts was arrested at Calwell shops yesterday (August 4) during which police seized a rifle.
A female driver was threatened with a tyre lever after thieves snatched her keys and stole her car.
ACT Government turf sportsgrounds will remain closed for training and match play over the weekend (August 6 and 7) due to heavy rainfall.
The ACT has recorded an increase in new cases of COVID-19 today (August 5), but hospital numbers have fallen.
The Queanbeyan River peaked at 5.10 meters overnight, with multiple roads in the region still closed due to yesterday's heavy rainfall.
Residents living on parts of the Murrumbidgee River are being advised not to swim in or draw water from the river as partially treated effluent is being discharged through the water due to yesterday's (August 4) heavy rainfall.
