The ACT recorded 1132 new COVID cases in the 24 hours until 8pm on Wednesday.
There are 74 people with the virus in hospital, two fewer than Wednesday. Five patients are in the ICU and one is on a ventilator.
ACT Health announced on Wednesday a man in his 70s and a woman in her 90s died with the virus. This brought the territory's death toll up to 58.
A man in his 90s passed away the previous day.
There are 5875 active cases of the coronavirus in the ACT. Of those, 3002 were detected via PCR tests and 2873 were reported from positive rapid antigen tests.
The double-dose rate remains at 97.1 per cent.
Nearly 76 per cent of the ACT population aged 16 and over is reported to have received three jabs.
Of children aged between five and 11 years old, 80.6 per cent have received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
A growing number of Canberra public schools have switched to remote learning due to severe staff shortages partly caused by COVID-19.
Another industry struggling with worker shortages is healthcare, with hospital staff strained as COVID hospitalisations reach record highs.
Exhausted experienced staff members are fleeing high-pressure hospital settings.
No staff at Canberra's jail are known to have been infected due to the prison's COVID outbreak as of Tuesday afternoon, the justice directorate has said.
Around Australia
NSW has 12,600 new infections, with 1403 cases hospitalised. Of those people, 56 are in the ICU and eight are on ventilators. There are eight more people in intensive care from Wednesday. Sadly, 23 people with the virus have died.
In Victoria there are 14,333 more people recorded with the virus. There 545 people in hospital with COVID, 12 of whom are in ICU and four on ventilators. There are 15 more deaths in the state, bringing the death toll from the last week to 71.
Queensland has recorded 7271 new cases, with 437 people in hospital and 16 in the ICU. No one with the virus in this state is on a ventilator. Three more people have died.
Western Australia has 16,670 new COVID cases. There are 275 people in hospital, one in the ICU and six new deaths.
There are 4696 more South Australians who have been infected with COVID-19. Of those, 220 are hospitalised and seven more in the ICU. Seven more people carrying the virus have died.
Tasmania has 1058 new cases, 42 of whom are in hospital including one in the ICU. No one with the virus is reported to have died yesterday.
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