South Australia coronovirus update as at 16 April 2021

There has been one new case of COVID-19 today, reported from a medi-hotel. There have been a total of 678 cases notified in South Australia.

Today’s case is a man in his 20s who acquired his infection overseas and has been in a medi-hotel since his arrival.

A man in his 40s remains in the Royal Adelaide Hospital ICU, in a critical condition.

For more updates and testing requirements, visit contact tracing.

Case breakdown

  • Total new cases today – 1
  • Total number currently in hospital – 1
  • Total cases to date – 678
  • Recovered cases – 665
  • Deaths – 4
  • Tests carried out yesterday – 2,743
  • Total tests to date – 1,224,963

Active cases

  • Active cases – 9
  • Overseas acquired – 9
  • Close contact – 0
  • Locally acquired (contact unknown) – 0
  • Interstate acquired – 0

SA Health administered vaccinations update

  • Vaccinations administered yesterday – 1,454
  • Total vaccinations administered to date – 44,150
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