Tasmania records three more Covid-linked deaths

Tasmania has recorded another three Covid-linked deaths in the past 24 hours.

The toll has climbed to 116 since the pandemic began in 2020.

More details will be released throughout the day.

Active case numbers have dropped below 10,000 for the first time this week.

Public Health is reporting 1,589 new cases in the past 24 hours.

173 people are in hospital with Covid-19, 49 of those people are being treated specifically for Coronavirus symptoms.

Two people are being cared for in the ICU.

591 people are using the COVID@homeplus program.

There are now 9,717 active cases being monitored across the state, with just over 5,000 of those in the south of the state.

There’s 2,576 active Covid-19 cases in the state’s north, with 1,778 in the north-west.