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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Sarah Lansdown

Beware next summer's virus peak: Barr

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr said health authorities expected a new peak of infections to coincide with the northern hemisphere winter. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

Health authorities are increasingly confident the ACT has passed the peak of its winter COVID-19 wave, but Chief Minister Andrew Barr warned the next peak would come in summer.

One hundred people have now died after becoming infected with the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, with the deaths of three more people reported in the 24 hours to 8pm on Wednesday.

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