South Australia Covid update as at 21 March 2022

COVID Cases in SA

There have been 3,121 new cases of COVID-19 reported in South Australia today. There are currently 25,464 active cases in South Australia.

There are 150 people with COVID-19 in hospital, including nine people in ICU, and two people requiring a ventilator. Of those hospitalised, 97 people are fully vaccinated, 50 people are either unvaccinated or partially vaccinated, and three have an unknown vaccination status.

Due to a reconfiguration of the data, the total number of cases has been readjusted.

    Total case breakdown

    • New cases today - 3,121
    • Current active cases - 25,464
    • Total cases - 207,490
    • Total deaths - 234

    Variants

    The latest genome sampling has found around 48% of samples taken were BA.2.

    *This figure will be updated as results are received, noting results are not reported daily.

    COVID testing

    Yesterday, 10,173 people received a PCR test in South Australia, which is a 9% decrease on the previous 24 hours. Of the test results returned yesterday, 1,936 PCR tests were positive, while 1,185 positive Rapid Antigen Test results were reported.

    Vaccination update

    Currently 95% of eligible South Australians aged 12+ have received their first dose of the vaccine and 92.6% have received their second dose. Boosters have been administered to 69.6% of eligible South Australians and 60.9% of South Australians aged 16+.

    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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