The ACT has recorded 594 new cases of COVID-19. 7NEWS
It’s the highest number of daily cases reported in the national capital for nearly a month.Hospitalisations from COVID-19 have also declined in the past 24 hours, down from 49 to 48.
The number of patients being treated in intensive care for the virus has also decreased from four to three, while there are still two patients on a ventilator. Vaccination rates have risen to 62.2 per cent of those 16 and over having had a booster dose, while 76.6 per cent of five to 11-year-olds have received their first dose.Patients will now be allowed to have two visitors per day, but only one can visit at a time.
Visitors were barred from hospitals for several weeks following the spike in Omicron cases in Canberra.
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