Live updates: Canberra hits a milestone in vaccination
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There are now 455 active COVID-19 cases in Canberra.
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Canberra has hit the fully vaccinated mark of 70 percent, although the number of daily cases continues to rise.
The area is also at 97.8 percent of Canberrans aged 12 and older with a first dose.
Canberrans is starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel as October 15 approaches.
I’m Miriam Webber and I’ll bring you the territory’s COVID updates today.
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Canberra Health Services has reassured parents after a baby received COVID-19 at the hospital. Photo: Dion Georgopoulos