Covid-19 cases drop

THE Northern Territory reported 259 cases of Covid-19 on Saturday.

And in encouraging news, there has been another fall in hospitalisations, to 23, from 29 on Friday.

There were three patients in hospital requiring oxygen, down from six on Friday.

There is one patient in intensive care.

There were 166 cases recorded in the Top End region, 34 in Central Australia, three in East Arnhem, 15 in the Big Rivers region, three in the Barkly region and 38 are under investigation.

The number of active cases in the Territory is sitting at 1886.