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In Sydney, St Vincent’s hospital has launched an emergency response after falsely telling 400 people they tested negative for Covid when they were, in fact, positive.

The hospital has released a statement saying it is believed the mistake was down to “human error”.

The affected people are being contacted.

What is unclear is whether this impacts today’s case numbers in NSW - which were already at a record 6,394.

Here is the full update from the NT’s Michael Gunner. No cases have been found in Nhulunbuy, where positive wastewater was detected:

The Northern Territory has recorded 12 new cases of Covid-19 since our last update.

Four new cases are linked to the current cluster. This brings the total case count for the cluster to 144.

Two new cases are household contacts of previous cases in the Tennant Creek area. They were not infectious in the community.

Two new cases are in the Katherine area and are likely to be linked to previous Katherine area cases. They are in isolation and contact tracing is underway.

Two new cases were locally acquired in household contacts of a traveller from interstate. Six new cases are in interstate arrivals. They are all in isolation at home or at the Centre for National Resilience.

There are currently 18 people with Covid-19 in hospital, including one in ICU. The majority of admissions are for the purposes of infection control and assessment.

Back in Australia Junior Ice Hockey online, the Northern Territory has recorded 12 new Covid cases, bringing the total number of cases linked to the current outbreak to 144.

There are 18 people in hospital with Covid, including one in ICU.

In a Facebook post, chief minister Michael Gunner said the “majority” of admissions were for infection control and assessment.

Two cases detected in Tennant Creek are household contacts of previous cases and haven’t been infectious in the community, and two cases have been detected in Katherine, likely linked to previous cases with contact tracing underway.

Two new cases were recorded in household contacts of a traveller from interstate, and six further cases were recorded in interstate arrivals.

Western Australia is yet to provide a Covid update after reporting two new cases yesterday.