Canberra records 38 new cases of Covid-19

The nation’s capital has recorded 38 new local coronavirus cases as residents continue to live under stay-at-home orders.

There were 38 new virus cases in Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gary Ramage

The nation’s capital has recorded 38 new local coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour reporting period.

Health officials have been able to link 24 of the new cases to previous ones or to exposure sites, while the rest are still under investigation.

Fourteen of the new cases were in quarantine during their entire infectious period, and the other cases spent some time in the community.

⚠️ ACT exposure locations 11:40am Sunday 3 October 2021 ⚠️

You can find the full list of exposure locations here: https://t.co/Rc5MotcEQi

Suburbs with new exposure locations linked to confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the ACT include:

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— ACT Health (@ACTHealth) October 3, 2021

“The number of people who have been infectious in the community … is a reminder that we all need to take care,” ACT Health Minister Rachel Stephen-Smith said.

The ACT is under lockdown restrictions currently scheduled to end on October 15.

Meanwhile, the vaccination effort in the ACT continues to go “very well,” Ms Stephen-Smith said.

More than 92 per cent of Canberrans have had their first dose of a vaccine, and nearly 64 per cent have been fully vaccinated.

“However, as the Chief Minister and I have mentioned several times, ensuring that everyone has access to vaccination will be crucial to safely coming out of lockdown,” she said.

There were nearly 3000 tests conducted on Saturday, which was “pretty good numbers” for a weekend day, Ms Stephen-Smith said.

“So again, thank you to those Canberrans who are coming forward and getting tested,” she said.

“And then a reminder that if you do get tested, please make sure that you isolate after you take your test and not go out and about or go to the supermarket on the way home.”

Originally published as Canberra records 38 new cases of Covid-19