The Northern Territory has recorded its second COVID-related death, after an Aboriginal woman in her 40s died in Royal Darwin Hospital.
Key points:
- There are now 3,730 active cases of COVID-19, with most recorded in Greater Darwin
- Across the NT, 32 are in hospital, none in the ICU
- Outbreaks have now also been recorded in the Alice Springs Correctional Centre and an Alice Springs renal hostel
NT Deputy Chief Minister Nicole Manison said the woman was from Darwin's Bagot community.
"The woman has been very unwell, she has been in the ICU," Ms Manison said.
"She did have underlying health conditions; she was fully vaccinated.
"I'd like to send my deepest condolences to her family, to the Bagot community because we know that they will be hurting right now and also want to send out my thanks and also sympathy to the staff in the ICU, because we know that they worked incredibly hard here."
It's the second COVID-related death in the NT to date.
It’s not known which variant of the virus the woman had.
NT Deputy Chief Health Officer Charles Pain said the woman who died hadn't had her booster shot, and urged people who were eligible to roll up their sleeves.
"Vaccination is still our best defence,” he said.
"We will see, unfortunately, occasionally, people who have been vaccinated who will succumb to this illness, but booster doses are that best extra defence against this this disease, particularly the Omicron variant."
412 new cases across the NT
There were 412 new cases recorded in the 24 hours to 8pm last night, approximately one third of those reported through rapid antigen tests.
There are currently 32 patients with COVID in territory hospitals, none in the ICU.
Territory-wide, Ms Manison said there were now 3,730 active cases of COVID-19.
Just over half of these active cases were in people aged 20 to 39, she added, with 75 per cent of cases in the Greater Darwin area.
Ms Manison said around 15 per cent of the active cases in the NT were in Alice Springs and its surrounds, about five per cent in Katherine and four per cent in East Arnhem.
Another two cases have been recorded in the remote community of Yuendemu, with 45 cases now linked to the community.
There is currently a lockout in place in Yuendemu and Yuelamu, which is due to lift at 5pm Thursday.
Outbreaks linked to prison, renal centre
Outbreaks have now also been recorded in the Alice Springs Correctional Centre and an Alice Springs renal hostel, where people from out of town stay to receive dialysis treatment.
Ms Manison said 20 cases were linked to the Alice Springs Correctional Centre, including six staff and 14 inmates.
"They are testing everyone. there is a huge amount of work happening there," she said.
"We know that we've got high vaccination rates in those correctional facilities."
Eight additional cases have been connected to the Alice Springs Forensic Facility, including seven inpatients and one staff member.
Four cases, including three patients, have been confirmed at the Alyerre Renal Hostel.
"So again, there was work happening with the hostel to make sure that those people are getting the very best care given they have those underlying health conditions," Ms Manison said.
'Thousands' of messages sent out after error
Ms Manison said "thousands" of text messages were sent out to Territorians overnight, letting them if they had been at the same venue as a confirmed COVID case.
It comes after the NT government admitted to a significant reporting failure on Friday, with no users of its COVID-19 check-in app receiving notifications for the past week.
"My message to people is to make sure don't get alarmed, but make sure you do monitor your symptoms. If you are symptomatic go out and get a COVID test done," Ms Manison said.
"If you have been exposed site if you go symptomatic. Make sure you get that test done."
Dr Pain said it wasn’t clear when the "peak" in the NT's COVID outbreak would be.
"We've probably got at least two or three weeks, or four weeks to go before we know what the peak will be," he said.
Dr Pain said the NT had seen a "relatively moderate" number of hospitalisations.
"Omicron arrived at the time when we were letting down our defences," Dr Pain said, in reference to the NT’s borders opening on December 20.
"We've had this year just in the last two weeks in Australia, more cases than we had in the entire pandemic before that, so it's an enormous wave."
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