Coronavirus Australia: ACT COVID-19 free

The ACT has recorded no new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours and with no active patients being treated, they are now virus free.

There have been no new cases of COVID-19 recorded in the ACT in the past 24 hours. The ACT’s total stands at 106.

A total of 103 cases have recovered from COVID-19 and have been released from self-isolation.

There are no active cases in the ACT.

The capital has recorded three deaths.

The number of negative tests in the ACT is now 8568.

It’s taken the jurisdiction two months to get to this point.

It’s the first state or territory in the country to record no cases of the virus since the outbreak started.

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The ACT has no active coronavirus cases.

But ACT’s chief health officer Dr Kerryn Coleman warned the pandemic was still ongoing.

"Today marks the first time in seven weeks our territory has no active cases of COVID-19 and this is because of the strong work the community is doing to stop this virus," Dr Coleman said.

"I want to thank you for practising physical distancing and making these huge changes to your daily life. Today's news is exactly why we have put these measures into place."

Testing had been expanded to anyone with symptoms of coronavirus since last Friday and there have been 8500 tests carried out.

The expanded testing will continue until May 8.

Dr Coleman said people with symptoms must get tested.

"It's vitally important that we continue testing as many people as possible to know the most accurate representation of COVID-19 within the ACT community," Dr Coleman said.

"I ask everyone who is showing symptoms, or believes they may have symptoms, to get tested as soon as possible at either the drive through testing facility at the EPIC showground, at the walk-in clinic at Weston Creek, or by contacting their general practitioner.

"We are in an excellent position in the ACT and we have the capacity to test anyone who has symptoms, regardless of if they were in contact with people who had COVID-19 or not."