South Australia Covid update as at 10 April 2022

COVID Cases in SA

There have been 4,222 new cases of COVID-19 reported in South Australia today. There are currently 38,033 active cases in South Australia.

Sadly, SA Health can confirm a woman in her 90s, who tested positive for COVID-19, has passed away.

There are 222 people with COVID-19 in hospital, including 11 people in ICU, two of those ventilated. Of those hospitalised, 157 people are fully vaccinated, 61 people are either unvaccinated or partially vaccinated, and four 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 – 4,222
• Current active cases – 38,033
• Total cases – 314,508
• Total deaths – 281

Variants

The latest genome sampling has found around 60% of samples taken were BA.2.

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

COVID testing

Yesterday, 12,534 people received a PCR test in South Australia, which is a 13.6% decrease on the previous 24 hours. Of the test results returned yesterday, 2,767 PCR tests were positive, while 1,455 positive Rapid Antigen Test results were reported.

Vaccination update

Vaccination data was not available at time of publishing.

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.