A man in his 60s has died with COVID-19 at Royal Darwin Hospital, while the Northern Territory government has apologised for a reporting error in its coronavirus death toll.
The man was from a remote community in the Big Rivers region and had underlying health conditions, NT Health said in a statement.
It comes as the indoor mask mandate across the Big Rivers region is due to lift at 12:01am on Friday.
The region stretches from the WA border to the Gulf of Carpentaria, and the mandate was initially extended there due to concerns about case numbers.
Separately, NT Health has apologised for accidentally reporting the death of a man in his 50s from East Arnhem land for a second time on March 5.
The reporting error was identified today and the death toll has been revised to 30, NT Health said.
There were 326 new COVID-19 cases recorded Territory-wide in the 24 hours to 8pm on Wednesday, of which 289 were positive cases from a rapid antigen test (RAT).
There were 188 cases recorded in the Top End region, 23 in Central Australia, 13 in East Arnhem, 17 in the Big Rivers region, six in the Barkly region and 79 are under investigation.
There are currently 33 patients in hospital, with five patients requiring oxygen.
There are two patients in ICU.
The number of active cases in the NT is 2,356, according to NT government figures.
