COVID updates: All the coronavirus news from around Australia – ABC News

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.

You can jump to the COVID-19 stories you want to read by clicking below.

Victoria has recorded threeCOVID-19 deaths.

The number of people in hospital with the virus has risen slightly to 283, up from the 274 hospitalisations recorded on Sunday.

There are 42patients in intensive care units, sevenof them on ventilators.

There are 5,852new infections, taking the number of active case in the state to 41,205.

Another six COVID deaths were recorded in NSWin the 24 hours to 4pm yesterday.

There are 1,136 COVID-19 cases in hospital, 55 of them in intensive care.

That is slightly down from yesterday's figures, which had 1,146 people in hospital and 58 people in intensive care.

There are 5,856 new cases in the state.

There are 11 people with COVID-19 in hospital in Tasmania.

However, the state's Department of Health says only four are being treated specifically for their COVID symptoms.

There are no COVID patients in intensive care, the same as yesterday.

There areno new deaths.

The staterecorded 734 new COVID cases, a slight rise from yesterday.

A man in his 80s died with COVID-19 as the ACT recorded464 new cases in the 24 hours to 8pm yesterday.

ACT health authorities announced the man's death this morning, but did not reveal his vaccination status or whether he had underlying health conditions.

There are 44 people in hospital with the virus in Canberra but none are in intensive care.

Almost four in five (78 per cent) of Canberra children aged five to 11 have received a vaccine dose and more than 67per cent of Canberrans aged 16 and older have received their booster.

South Australia recorded another death, a man in his 80s.

There are currently 109 people with COVID-19 in hospital, slightly less than yesterday's 114.

Of those in hospital, 10 are in intensivecare and two people are on ventilators.

There were 1,358 new cases recorded in the state today.

Today also marks the resumption of elective surgery in SA.

"If your surgery or procedure was postponed, you will have kept your place on the list and your surgery or procedure will be rebooked," SA Health said in a tweet.

There were1,136 new local cases of COVID-19 recorded in the state, with another four travel-related cases.

Yesterday, the state recorded1,021 new local cases.

There arecurrently 11 COVID-19 patients in hospital and a total of5,540 active cases in the state.

There are 96 COVID-19 cases in hospital, four of those in intensive care.

Those numbers aredown slightly from yesterday's figures of 101 patients in hospital and six in intensive care.

There are 392 new cases, making for a total of 4,397 active cases in the territory.

The Victorian government has confirmed it is ending the state's COVID isolation payments.

The payment, introduced in July 2020, offered $450 to people who had to stay at home while waiting forPCR test results.

Victoria's Industry Support and Recovery Minister Martin Pakulasaid the program was no longer needed thanks to the availability of rapid antigen tests.

He said demand for the payments had reduced dramatically,but other support would still be offered.

Tomorrow will be the final day to claim the payment.

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