The ACT has reported nine new cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm Wednesday.
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There is no one currently in hospital with an active case of the virus.
The number of cases associated with this outbreak now stands at 1778.
ACT Health said in their daily report the total number of active cases and negative tests "is currently unavailable due to maintenance being carried out on the reporting system".
Meantime, the percentage of the eligible population who are now fully vaccinated has reached 95.8 per cent.
The Canberra Times on Thursday revealed a Wanniassa house party on Halloween eve attended by up to 150 teenagers has been identified as a COVID superspreading event, generating clusters across a number of schools and colleges.
Health Minister Rachel Stephen Smith said there were 17 COVID-19 exposure locations across Canberra schools, though so far only two schools had experienced transmission of the virus.
A cluster of cases associated with the Wanniassa School junior campus had reached 50 on Tuesday, including secondary and tertiary infections, while there were less than five cases linked to Erindale College.
Alfred Deakin High School was added to the list on Thursday, while Mawson Primary School was reported on Wednesday.
ACT Health clarified reporting on hospitalised cases
ACT Health said on Wednesday that it had not changed the way it reports on the number of people hospitalised with COVID-19 in Canberra.
The response came after it was reported that no one was in hospital with an active case of COVID-19, for the first time since August 20, stirring up confusion about an individual who was reported to be in intensive care on Tuesday.
"This individual remains in hospital; however, they have been 'cleared' or released from isolation in accordance with the National Guidelines," an ACT Health spokesperson said.
"This means they are no longer an 'active' or infectious case of COVID-19 and as a result, they are no longer included in our COVID-19 hospitalisation figures."
"We have not changed how we report our hospitalisation figures. This is consistent with how they have been presented since the start of the pandemic. We have changed our wording to present this in a clearer manner to the community," they said.
Around Australia
NSW has recorded 261 new COVID-19 cases and one death in the 24 hours to 8pm on Wednesday.
Across the state 94 per cent of the population aged over 16 years have been vaccinated with their first dose, while 90.4 per cent are fully vaccinated.
There are 228 COVID-19 patients in hospital with 40 in ICU.
Victoria recorded 1313 new cases, while four people in the state died.
There are 457 Victorians hospitalised, 79 in intensive care and 48 requiring ventilation.
Eighty-five per cent of the state's population aged over 16 is fully vaccinated.
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