The new cases include six males and three females, aged between 21 and 73.
ACT Health said seven of the cases are linked to overseas travel, including cruise ships, and two are close contacts of confirmed cases.These new cases come as a second person is reported to have made a full recovery from COVID-19, and released from self-isolation. The ACT's first recovered person was diagnosed on March 12, and is now no longer required to self-isolate.
"From the start, [he] did everything right … and I would like to thank him," ACT Health Minister Rachel Stephen-Smith said yesterday.Confirmed cases in Canberra: 62
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