NT records one new COVID-19 case but lockout to end in Greater Darwin

The Greater Darwin lockout will end at midnight tonight, Chief Minister Michael Gunner says, despite the Northern Territory recording one new case of COVID-19. Key points: The new case does not present a threat, Mr Gunner says Wastewater testing in Greater Darwin has returned negative results A mask mandate will remain after the lockout lifts Mr Gunner said the positive case was a household contact of the first case detected in the outbreak last week. Mr Gunner said he was confident the spread of the virus was contained in the Greater Darwin area after encouraging wastewater testing results and contact tracing efforts. Mr Gunner said 29 communities would be treated as having "zero per cent" vaccine coverage, because he said the Aboriginal health sector and Commonwealth were refusing to provide the data on a community-by-community basis.