Daily infections drop in MLHD

On Tuesday, 269 new cases of the virus were reported among residents of the MLHD - almost half of Monday's tally of 500 cases and one death.

This comes as 25,870 new cases were diagnosed across the state, excluding any positive rapid antigen test results.

As of Monday there are 23 patients with COVID in hospital in the MLHD, and there are 4175 active cases of the virus.

The health district this week confirmed that people with COVID-19 can leave isolation after seven days from the date of their test if they don't have any symptoms, with no test required to re-enter the community.