South Australia Covid update as at 29 August 2022

COVID cases in SA

There have been 565 new cases of COVID-19 reported in South Australia today. There are currently 4,694 active cases in South Australia.

Sadly, SA Health can confirm a man in his 80s, who tested positive for COVID-19, has passed away.

Hospitalisation data is unavailable for today's report due to a data verification process.

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

Total case breakdown

  • New cases today - 565
  • Current active cases - 4,694
  • Total cases - 752,136
  • Total deaths - 778

Variants

The latest genome sampling has found 2.1% of samples analysed were BA.2, 6.2% of samples analysed were BA.4 and 87.5% of samples analysed were BA.5 or related variant.

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

COVID testing

Yesterday, 3,722 people received a PCR test in South Australia, which is a 24.4% increase on the previous 24 hours. Of the test results returned yesterday, 264 PCR tests were positive, while 301 positive Rapid Antigen Test results were reported.

Vaccination update

Currently 96.2% of eligible South Australians aged 12+ have received their first dose of the vaccine and 94.3% havereceived their second dose. Boosters have been administered to 75% of eligibleSouth Australiansand 70.7% of South Australians aged 16+.

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