South Australia Covid update as at 17 December 2021

There have been 64 new cases of COVID-19 reported today. There have been 1,143 cases reported in South Australia to date.

Today's cases are five children, four teenagers, 31 women aged between 19 and 69 and 24 men aged between 20 and 70.

Of these, three acquired their infections overseas, 40 acquired their infections in South Australia and are known contacts of a positive case, nine acquired their infections in South Australia with contacts unknown and 12 cases acquired their infections in Australia with source investigation ongoing.

Two confirmed cases reported yesterday have been removed from our total case numbers as they were previously reported interstate.

A man in his 30s and a man in his 60s are in the Royal Adelaide Hospital in a stable condition.

Norwood cluster cases

  • Total cases - 40

Total Omicron cases

  • Total cases - 6

New case breakdown

  • New cases today - 64
  • New cases vaccinated - 30
  • New cases unvaccinated - 16
  • Vaccination status unknown - 18
  • Overseas acquired - 3
  • Locally acquired - 49
  • Interstate acquired - 0
  • Under investigation - 12
  • Unlinked - 0

Total case breakdown

  • Total new cases since 23 November - 221
  • Total active cases - 167
  • Total cases - 1,143
  • Deaths - 4
  • Tests carried out yesterday - 17,364

Hospitalisation and Health System statistics

  • Total cases in hospital - 2
  • Total cases in ICU - 0
  • Total cases ventilated - 0

Quarantine breakdown

  • Cases in home quarantine - 115
  • Cases in supervised quarantine - 50
  • Close contacts identified - 3,640

Vaccination update

  • First dose vaccinated (12+) - 91.6%
  • Second dose vaccinated (12+) - 85.6%

If you have any COVID-19 symptoms, no matter how mild, please seek testing as soon as possible.
Find your nearest testing site at www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/COVIDtesting.

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