Nearly 50,000 people enter Northern Territory since borders re-opened on July 17

NEARLY 50,000 people have arrived into the Northern Territory since our borders re-opened on July 17.

Aaron Marjoram arrives at Darwin Airport Picture: GLENN CAMPBELL

NEARLY 50,000 people have arrived into the Northern Territory since our borders re-opened on July 17.

Government data, as of Wednesday morning, shows 20,392 people have arrived by air and 28,649 by road.

A further 78 people have arrived by sea or rail.

Of the people who have arrived from hotspots, 552 have been forced into mandatory quarantine.

There have been 150 fines issued and 32,028 compliance checks completed.

There are currently no active cases of COVID-19 in the Territory.

Strict border controls in place for all arrivals to the Territory, including returning Territorians.

All arrivals to the Northern Territory must fill in a Border Entry Form and complete 14 days of mandatory supervised quarantine at your own expense, if you have recently been in an active declared COVID-19 hot spot.

From July 17, 2020, anyone arriving in the Northern Territory from a declared COVID-19 hotspot must undertake 14 days of mandatory supervised quarantine at a designated accommodation facility.

If you have been in a declared hotspot within the last 14 days but then spent time in an area that is not a hotspot immediately before crossing the NT border, that time will be deducted from your 14 days of quarantine.

For example, if you were in an area that is not a declared hotspot for 5 days immediately before crossing the NT border, those 5 days will now be counted as part of the required 14 day quarantine period.

This means you will be required to quarantine for 9 days in the NT.

Anyone entering the Northern Territory from overseas is also required to undertake 14 days of mandatory supervised quarantine at a designated accommodation facility.

The quarantine fee for an individual is $2500 for the full 14 day period.

A family rate of $5000 applies for family groups of two or more people in shared accommodation.

People in mandatory supervised quarantine will also be subject to testing before exiting quarantine. If you refuse a test, there will be 10 days added to your quarantine time.

If you are required to undertake an additional 10 days of quarantine, a further fee will be charged of $1750 for an individual or $3500 for a family.

Australian residents with a low income may be eligible for a reduced quarantine fee of:

$1250 per person or $2500 per family of two or more people sharing accommodation.

The low income threshold requirements are: singles - $52,706; families - $68,894.