ACT not virus-free as new infection found

The ACT is no longer coronavirus-free after a Canberra woman in her 20s acquired the disease overseas.

Health officials do not believe the woman has been infectious since returning, but have identified a small number of people she has come into contact with.

"She did everything she was supposed to do when she returned to Australia," ACT Health said in a statement on Monday.

Canberra has recorded three coronavirus deaths and 103 territory residents have fully recovered.

The ACT last Thursday had become the first jurisdiction to declare itself virus-free.