Tasmania records three new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total of active cases in the state to seven, after opening up its borders last week.
Tasmania has recorded three new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total of active cases in the state to seven.Since then, seven cases of COVID-19 have been detectedSix of those cases are receiving care at home, while one is in a community case management facility.
In a statement, authorities said one case was a "man in his 30s who arrived in Hobart from Melbourne on Friday". "One case was a woman in her 50s who arrived in Launceston from Sydney on Wednesday. One case was a family member and identified close contact of a previous case."include a Commonwealth Bank branch in Launceston, a newsagency, a Coles supermarket, a Myer store, an Ampol petrol station and a number of flights into the state.
On Saturday the government announced a man "in his late teens" had tested positive for COVID-19 in Tasmania's north, with a number of locations listed as exposure sites.Tasmanian government's coronavirus websiteThe government says 95.73 per cent of eligible recipients have had their first vaccination dose, while 90.22 per cent have had a second dose.Six people are listed as managing the disease in a home setting.
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