There’s additional community in central Australia we’re concerned about. We’re getting detail of new cases there but we understand … there’s a community with a very low vaccination rate. From 2pm today, they will enter a 48-hour lockdown to allow us to test the community and trying to contain it as much as possible.
Active cases in the Northern Territory now stand at 4,200. Around two-thirds of our cases are occurring in the Top End, well over half are in Darwin and Palmerston. We have seen a sharp spike in cases, mainly in Darwin, as more and more families rush home from interstate holidays. It’s not surprising and we can expect that to continue for a few days to a week. This doesn’t change our overall settings, but it’s more important than ever we stick to the measures that are in place to keep us safe.