A further 25 cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in the ACT today, with 12 of those linked to known cases or ongoing clusters.
Key points:
- The ACT recorded 25 cases of COVID-19 overnight, but the ACT is on its way to being one of the worlds most vaccinated cities
- Regional New South Wales will open on Monday with more travel freedom for residents, but no changes for ACT residents
- 20- to 24-year-old Canberrans remain the least vaccinated
Only nine of the new cases were in quarantine during their entire infectious period.
There are currently 17 people hospitalised with the virus, 5 of those in ICU and all requiring ventilation.
There were 3,637 tests conducted yesterday at ACT Health testing centres.
There are currently 430 active cases of COVID-19 in the ACT.
Chief Minister Andrew Barr said the territory also continued to see nation-leading levels of vaccination.
"Canberrans should be very proud of our very high levels of vaccination," he said.
"We now have 97.1 per cent of our eligible 12 plus population with a first dose of a vaccine."
Mr Barr said 69.3 per cent of all eligible Canberrans were now fully vaccinated, and the majority of the territory's upcoming vaccination bookings were second doses.
"Over the coming three weeks, the bulk of the territory's vaccination program will be second doses," he said.
"There are around 40,000 bookings for second doses in ACT government clinics alone in the coming weeks."
NSW regional travel changes
ABC News: Mark Moore
)New South Wales is set to end its lockdown on Monday, October 11, and with this will come more freedom for NSW residents to travel in regional areas.
But Mr Barr said the changing rules would not allow people from Greater Sydney to travel into regional areas of the state.
"They're not going to make that move until sometime later," he said.
Mr Barr said nothing would change for the ACT's travel restrictions until October 15, when the territory's lockdown is due to end.
"For ACT residents, we will not be changing the travel arrangements whilst we are in lockdown, but as I have indicated previously, the next step for us will be an expanded regional travel exemption arrangement," he said.
"That will take place, the first step, from the middle of October, the second step likely from the end of October, and then the final step in late November, early December. So for the next five days things remain the same.
"Beyond that, we'll hear from NSW ahead of the ACT coming out of lockdown and we will make some further announcements."
People in their twenties pulling down vaccination rate
ABC News: Ian Cutmore
)Mr Barr said the take-up of vaccination has been particularly encouraging in the 12- to 15-year-old cohort, which had 85 per cent with a first dose and 70 per cent at the moment.
He also said that Canberrans in their early 20s continued to be the lowest vaccinated group in the territory.
"Twenty to 24-year-olds have now crossed the 75 per cent first dose threshold," Mr Barr said.
"We suspect border closures and remote learning means that some of this age group, principally university students, are actually not in Canberra at the moment.
"But it is important that they get vaccinated ahead of their return to campus in the coming months.
"We'll be working with the universities, and the Canberra Institute of Technology on this vaccination priority."
Four babies identified as casual contacts
ABC News: Ian Cutmore
)ACT Chief Health Officer Kerryn Coleman said four babies in the Centenary Hospital for Women and Children have been names casual contacts after two babies were confirmed to have COVID-19 on Thursday.
She said no new cases had been linked to the special care nursery and all precautions were being taken to ensure the safety of staff and patients.
"We understand that we have four babies who are casual contacts," Dr Coleman said.
"But then we do have some other babies and carers who are close contacts and they'll need to be quarantined for a little bit longer until Monday with a negative test."
Dr Coleman said the situation was being handled, with non-contact support being provided to parents, carers and the babies.
"I just reassure everyone that there is a lot of work going on within this special care nursery and in the surrounds to provide as much non-contact support between those babies and their carers," she said.
"There's also been some work done on providing express milk deliveries so all of those needs that we can meet while maintaining quarantine are being conducted."
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