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The Northern Territory has detected three new COVID-19 infections, including a baby boy who has been taken to hospital.
The new cases are a man in his 40s and a woman in her 20s from the Binjari Aboriginal community and a male infant from Robinson River.
'He's been transferred to Royal Darwin Hospital for care,' Chief Minister Michael Gunner told reporters on Tuesday about the baby.
It brings the current outbreak to 40 cases.
It comes after the lockdown in Katherine, 320km south of Darwin, was extended until Wednesday at 6pm.
It's the second time the lockdown that started seven days ago has been extended, with residents only permitted to leave their homes for the five essential reasons.
Northern Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner told reporters an infant male
