There is one new case of COVID-19 today. There has been a total of 911 cases notified in South Australia.
Today’s case is a male in his teens who travelled on flight VA219 from Melbourne to Adelaide on 4 October. He has been in a medi-hotel since his arrival. Flight VA219 will now be treated as a transmission site and SA Health are ensuring that quarantine arrangements for all passengers reflect this higher level of concern.
A location listed yesterday evening has been revised. We are aware the truck driver reported yesterday did not QR check-in at sites therefore we may see further exposure locations listed as new information comes to light.
TIER 3 Exposure Site:
Port Augusta – Port Augusta On The Run, cnr Augusta Hwy and Northern Power Station Rd
- Friday 8 October – 11.00pm to Saturday 9 October 12.30am
(*formally listed as Port Augusta BP Nullabor Truckstop)
Total case breakdown
- Total new cases today – 1
- Total number currently in hospital – 0
- Total cases to date – 911
- Recovered cases – 901
- Deaths – 4
- Tests carried out yesterday – 5,228
- Total tests to date – 2,304,811
Active cases
- Active cases – 6
- Overseas acquired – 1
- Close contact – 0
- Locally acquired (contact unknown) – 0
- Interstate acquired – 5
- Under investigation – 0
Vaccination update
- Total vaccinations administered – 1,859,448
- First dose vaccinated (16+) – 72.6%
- Second dose vaccinated (16+) – 54.7%
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