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2.40am BST

Gosh, it’s raining official Covid-19 updates on Twitter!

No cases in the ACT:

ACT COVID-19 update (1 April 2021)
▪️ Cases today: 0
▪️ Active cases: 0
▪️ Total cases: 123
▪️ Recovered: 120
▪️ Lives lost: 3
▪️ Test results (past 24 hours): 1,194
▪️ Negative tests: 189,483
▪️ Total COVID-19 vaccinations: 11,361
ℹ️ https://t.co/YGW9pOHG3e pic.twitter.com/jmcwPH0a2b

2.39am BST

We already know all this but there are the official Queensland numbers.

Queensland #COVID19 update 01/04/21

Today we recorded 10 new cases of COVID-19. 1 case was locally acquired and is a close contact of a previous case. 9 cases were overseas acquired.

Full details can be found here: https://t.co/kapyXpSIAP pic.twitter.com/bYGgi6BsN2

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