COVID Cases in SA
There have been 1,336 new cases of COVID-19 reported in South Australia today. There are currently 13,585 active cases in South Australia.
Sadly, SA Health can confirm a women in her 70s and a man in his 60s, who tested positive for COVID-19, have passed away.
There are 182 people with COVID-19 in hospital, including 12 people in ICU, and four people requiring a ventilator. Of those hospitalised, 98 people are fully vaccinated, 30 people are either unvaccinated or partially vaccinated, and 54 have an unknown vaccination status.
Due to a reconfiguration of the data, the total number of cases have been readjusted.
Total case breakdown
- New cases today - 1,336
- Current active cases - 13,585
- Total cases - 133,034
- Total deaths - 166
Variants
Regular genome sampling is taken to monitor the levels of Omicron within South Australia. 97% of samples taken returned an Omicron result.
*This figure will be updated as results are received, noting results are not reported daily.
COVID testing
Yesterday, 8,867 people received a PCR test in South Australia, which is a 1.7% decrease on the previous 24 hours. Of the tests results returned yesterday, 1,004 PCR tests were positive, while 332 positive Rapid Antigen Test results were reported.
Vaccination update
Latest Commonwealth vaccination data not available at the time of reporting.
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.
