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Lauren Roberts

Slight increase in NT's COVID hospitalisations, as reported cases drops sharply

Most of the NT's COVID-19 cases are in the Top End, a region which includes Darwin. (ABC News: Che Chorley)

There are now 101 patients with coronavirus in Northern Territory hospitals, with 14 people needing oxygen and six in intensive care.

It's a slight increase from the 98 people with the infection hospitalised on Saturday, although today there is one fewer patient in the ICU.

The NT is today reporting 368 new COVID-19 cases, 339 of which came 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, 5 in the Barkly and 19 are still under investigation.

On Saturday, 632 new cases were recorded, making today's figure nearly half of the number announced yesterday.

There are 4,650 active cases in the Northern Territory.

On Saturday, a woman in her 80s died with COVID-19 in Alice Springs, bringing the number of coronavirus-related deaths in the territory to 21.

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