09 November 2021
ACT residents aged 12 and over who are fully vaccinated: 95.1%*
New cases of COVID-19 recorded in the ACT in the 24 hours to 8pm yesterday: 18
Active cases: 150
Total number of cases for this outbreak: 1,760
Patients in ACT hospitals as at 8pm yesterday: 1 (1 in intensive care and on a ventilator)
Negative test results received in the 24 hours to 9am today: 1,570
Epidemiological update for week ending 7 November 2021
There has been an increase in cases notified this week compared to the week ending 31 October, with a total of 1,742 cases across the entire outbreak (to 8pm Sunday 7 November).
There were 86 cases notified to ACT Health last week, compared with 61 in the week ending 31 October.
The five-day rolling average of daily cases (by diagnosis date) has increased to 12.
The median age of cases notified last week was 15 years of age, compared with 27 across the entire outbreak.
We have seen 13 schools affected by COVID-19 cases attending in the past two weeks, however at this stage we have only identified transmission occurring at two of these sites.
The daily number of tests over the past week has seen a steady increase and was around 1,700 per day last week.
Notes:
Detailed epidemiological updates on the COVID-19 situation in the ACT are currently provided weekly.
*Note: vaccination data from 8 November. New data not available.
