Here's a quick wrap of what's happening in COVID-19 news across Australia.
This will be updated throughout the day, so if you do not see your state or territory, check back later.
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- WA to provide 5.3 million free RATs
- NSW records seven deaths, 1,146 hospitalisations
- Victoria records 17 deaths, 274 hospitalisations
- ACT reports no deaths as outbreak slows
- Tasmania confirms zero deaths, nine hospitalisations
- Queensland records one death, 295 hospitalisations
- Northern Territory records zero deaths, 101 hospitalisations
- Two prisoners, five staff test positive in West Australian prison
WA to provide 5.3 million free rapid antigen tests
The WA state government is set to announce today it will provide 5.3 million free rapid antigen tests to more than 1 million households across the state.
The state government says it is a first in Australia.
Households in the state can register online for five individual free RATs that can be delivered to their home.
People who cannot register online can call the COVID hotline for assistance in placing their order.
The government says people should allow for a wait of up to 15 business days for delivery from when they get confirmation, and regional areas will be prioritised initially.
The state government says additional tests will also be supplied to the community service sector, as well as to schools and childcare providers.
NSW records seven deaths, 1,146 hospitalisations
Another seven people with COVID-19 have died in New South Wales in the latest reporting period.
There are now 1,146 people with COVID-19 in hospital, with 58 of them in intensive care.
The state has recorded 6,014 new cases.
Of the 6,014 cases reported, 3,816 were detected via rapid antigen tests and 2,198 via PCR.
Victoria records 17 deaths, 274 hospitalisations
Victoria has reported a further 17 COVID-19 deaths.
There are 274 COVID-19 patients in Victorian hospitals, a decrease on the 281 reported on Saturday.
There are 38 patients in intensive care units, five of whom are on ventilators.
The state has recorded 5,052 new cases, taking the total number of active infections to 41,038.
Victoria now has 94 per cent of people aged 12 and older who have received at least two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, and 58.6 per cent of adults have received three doses.
Victorians are being encouraged to start returning to offices from tomorrow, after the recommendation to work from home where possible was lifted.
The ACT records 43 hospitalisations as ANU cluster slows
The Australian National University says the rate of students reporting positive rapid antigen test results has reduced, after an outbreak at on-campus residences.
More than 700 students have tested positive for COVID-19 since the end of the summer break.
An ANU spokesperson says more residents are now leaving self-isolation than those entering it.
There were 478 new infections recorded across the ACT yesterday, down from 773 cases the previous day.
There are 41 people in hospital with the virus, including two in intensive care.
The capital has reported no deaths, with 43 people remaining in hospital with COVID-19, none of which are in the ICU or on ventilators. The number of new cases is 495.
The territory has reported 78 per cent of children aged 5 to eleven have received one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Tasmania reports nine hospitalisations, a drop in case numbers
Tasmania has recorded 676 new cases of COVID-19, a drop from 792 yesterday.
There are now no patients in intensive care in the state, but nine people remain in hospital.
There have been no new deaths in the latest reporting period.
Queensland records one death, 295 hospitalisations
Queensland has reported one death overnight, with 295 hospitalisations.
There are currently 24 people in intensive care, and 3,571 new cases.
The state currently has 33,340 active cases.
Slight increase in NT hospitalisations, as reported cases drops sharply
There are now 101 patients with coronavirus in Northern Territory hospitals, with 14 people needing oxygen and six in intensive care.
It is a slight increase from the 98 people with the infection in hospital on Saturday. Although today there was one fewer patient in the ICU.
The NT is today reporting 368 new COVID-19 cases, 339 of which came from positive rapid antigen tests (RATs).
Of the new cases, 259 cases have been recorded in the Top End, 52 in Central Australia, 12 in East Arnhem, 21 in the Big Rivers region, and five in the Barkly. Nineteen are still under investigation.
On Saturday, 632 new cases were announced, making the figure reported on Sunday nearly half of the number announced in the previous reporting period.
There are 4,650 active cases in the Northern Territory.
On Saturday, a woman who was aged in her 80s and had COVID-19 died in Alice Springs, bringing the number of coronavirus-related deaths in the territory to 21.
Two prisoners, five staff test positive in Western Australian prison
Two prisoners and five staff have now tested positive to COVID-19, the first outbreak in detainees in Western Australia's prison system since the start of the pandemic.
The outbreak has occurred at the privately-run Acacia prison east of Perth.
On Tuesday, a custodial officer returned a positive test.
Since then four more staff and two prisoners have returned positive PCR tests. The staff have gone into home isolation while detainees in the same unit are in quarantine.
The prison has also limited movement around the facility as a whole. WA's vaccination rate in prisons is far lower than the wider community, with just 11.7 per cent having received three doses according to figures provided to parliament earlier this week.
