South Australia Covid update as at 31 January 2022

COVID Cases in SA

There have been 1,505 new cases of COVID-19 reported in South Australia today. There are currently 19,847 active cases in South Australia.

Sadly, SA Health can confirm three men in their 70s, a woman in her 80s, a woman in her 90s and a woman over the age of 100 who tested positive for COVID-19, have passed away.

There are 281 people with COVID-19 in hospital, including 25 people in ICU and four people requiring a ventilator. Of those hospitalised, 175 people are fully vaccinated, 40 people are either unvaccinated or partially vaccinated, and 66 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 - 1,505
    • Current active cases - 19,847
    • Total cases - 105,382
    • Total deaths - 117

    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, 8,880 people received a PCR test in South Australia, which is a 2.5% decrease on the previous 24 hours.

    Vaccination update

    Currently 94.2% of eligible South Australians aged 12+ have received their first dose of the vaccine and 90.8% have received their second dose. Boosters have been administered to 57.9% of eligible South Australians and 40.1% of South Australians aged 18+.

    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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