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6.44am GMT

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander legal services have called for urgent action to end Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths in custody, after three Indigenous people died in custody in one week.

The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (NATSILS) met today with representatives of 15 families who have had a loved one die in custody, and who are demanding a meeting with prime minister Scott Morrison.

We are horrified and deeply upset that there have been three Black deaths in custody in the past week. Our thoughts are with their families and loved ones at this incredibly difficult time.

On April 15, it will have been 30 years since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. We are extremely concerned that while our people continue to die in custody at alarming rates, Federal, state and territory governments have had the answers to end this injustice for 30 years but have chosen not to act. Governments have chosen not to prioritise saving Black lives.

Our thoughts are with the family of Nathan Reynolds, whose coronial findings handed down today found that his death was contributed to by deficiencies in management and inadequate emergency responses from Corrective Services. He should still be with his family and children today.

6.22am GMT

A Victoria department of health spokeswoman told Guardian Australia a weak positive coronavirus test result has been returned from a previously positive resident at the privately run Epping Gardens Aged Care centre.

This was likely to be due to viral shedding rather than reinfection, she said.