UPDATE: 10 new COVID-19 deaths have been reported in Australia on Monday - five in NSW, two in Victoria, one in Queensland, one in Western Australia and one in the Northern Territory.
Tasmania has reported 784 new coronavirus cases, a slim rise on the daily figure from 24 hours earlier, with active cases dropping for the first time in about three weeks.There are 5,574 active cases statewide, a slight drop from the 5,641 documented 24 hours earlier.There are 21 people with the virus in hospital, with nine of those being treated for COVID-19 symptoms. Five patients are in intensive care, the same number as Sunday.
They are still encouraged to take extra precautions, monitor for symptoms and limit their contact with the child where possible. Hospitals had previously only allowed essential visitors including birth partners, parents, guardians, carers and support people for patients who were critically ill or at their end of life.Health department modelling also forecasts a peak of 430 hospital ward admissions and 53 ICU admissions.One death in the Northern Territory as mask mandate ends
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