The ACT has recorded 12 new cases of Covid in the 24 hours to 8pm on Sunday.
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Of the new cases, six were linked to known cases, while investigations are ongoing for four cases.
There are also two cases with no known links at this stage.
Two of the newly announced cases were in quarantine for all of their infectious period, with six being infectious in the community, with four under investigation for their infectious status.
The number of cases in hospital with Covid has risen to 12, with three of those being in intensive care.
Eleven of the cases in hospital were unvaccinated, while the other only had one dose of the vaccine.
While the outbreak in the ACT had 250 total cases on Sunday and there were 12 new cases reported on Monday, one case of Covid has been reclassified, leaving the total number of cases at 261.
Of the 261 cases, 25 have recovered from Covid, leaving 236 active cases.
One case of Covid that was previously included in the ACT's figures has been reclassified.
There were 2262 tests for Covid carried out in the previous day.
Of the total cases, the source of 20 cases cannot yet be identified.
Chief health officer Dr Kerryn Coleman said it was possible that there was more than one introduction of Covid into the ACT from previous virus hot spots.
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ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr said police carried out 284 traffic stops in the past day, along with five directions.
There were also 133 business compliance checks, following on from new business requirements for some industries to only do click and collect or delivery options.
Mr Barr also announced 16 to 29-year-olds will be able to make a booking for Pfizer vaccines in coming days.
Since registrations for the age group opened, there have been 25,000 16 to 29-year-olds that have come forward.
Appointments are expected available for that age group from late October or early November, but the AstraZeneca vaccine was already available.
The Chief Minister said he hoped that when the country reached the 80 per cent target for people who had received both vaccine doses that the ACT would be at 90 or even 95 per cent.
Mr Barr said the coming spring would be difficult in the ACT.
"Twelve cases is significantly better than 1200, but it's still concerning there are cases infectious in the community without links," he said.
Of the total cases, 34 per cent are under 18, while 50 per cent are between 18 and 44-years-old, 13 per cent are 45 to 64-years-old and 3 per cent are over 65.
A decision on whether the ACT will end its lockdown as scheduled on Thursday is due to be announced in coming days.
Mr Barr said he hoped to make an announcement on the future of the lockdown on Tuesday, following a crisis meeting on Monday.
Dr Coleman said there were four new cases linked to the Mirchi Indian restaurant, while the number of cases linked to the Fiction night club has risen to 50, and the Bright Bees cluster has increased to 28 total cases.
The new cases come after it was announced on Sunday that a person had visited the Ainslie Village social housing complex while unknowingly infectious.
The complex has since been listed as a close-contact exposure site, which Mr Barr said was concerning.
"If the virus gets into high risk and vulnerable settings, it can be a big setback for pandemic management," he said.
Dr Coleman said two cases linked to social housing complexes have tested positive for Covid on Monday morning.
There are now about 600 people who have self-identified as a close contact who are in quarantine, well down from the more than 20,000 in the early stages of the lockdown.
There are also 3200 Canberrans who are casual contacts.
Health Minister Rachel Stephen-Smith said a decision was made on Sunday afternoon to release close contacts associated with clusters at Gold Creek School, Harrison School and Lyneham High School from quarantine.
The decision was made after delays in health authorities getting in touch with people in quarantine and allowing them to come out of isolation.
Ms Stephen-Smith said there were less than 200 callbacks for quarantine release still in the backlog and hoped to have them all completed by Monday afternoon.
It comes as NSW recorded 1290 new cases of Covid in the 24 hours to 8pm on Sunday, a new single day record for any jurisdiction during the pandemic.
Mr Barr said fragments of Covid detected in sewerage during the weekend in Cooma was concerning, given a fall in the number of tests conducted in the region.
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