Two new cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in the Northern Territory in a remote Aboriginal community. The first is a fully vaccinated, 43-year-old Aboriginal man. He lives with seven others in Katherine East but he also spends time in the Robinson River community.

He had a COVID-19 test on November 9 which came back negative.On Saturday, November 13 he was tested again and this result came back positive today.Health authorities are treating him as though he has been infectious since November 10.