There have been 25 new cases of COVID-19 reported today. There have been 1,057 cases reported in South Australia to date.
Today’s cases are five children under the age of 18, 11 men aged between 24 and 57, 9 women aged between 20 and 89.
Of these, three acquired their infection interstate, one acquired their infection overseas, thirteen acquired their infections in South Australia and are known contacts of a positive case, three acquired their infections in South Australia with the source of their infection currently under investigation, and five cases acquired their infections in Australia with source investigations ongoing.
A man in his 30s and a man in his 60s are in the Royal Adelaide Hospital in a stable condition. One case has been cleared of COVID-19 but remains in hospital for clinical care.
Testing and regular monitoring continues at the Residential Aged Care facilities across metropolitan Adelaide associated with positive COVID-19 cases reported on 14 December 2021. While residents at 22 facilities have been impacted, the exposures were not widespread across the facilities and additional infection control and testing measures have been implemented based on the risk at each site. All test results so far have been negative.
Norwood cluster cases
- Total cases – 40
Total Omicron cases
- Total cases – 2
New case breakdown
- New cases today – 25
- New cases vaccinated – 17
- New cases unvaccinated – 3
- Vaccination status unknown – 5
- Overseas acquired – 1
- Locally acquired – 13
- Interstate acquired – 3
- Under investigation – 8
- Unlinked – 0
Total case breakdown
- Total new cases since 23 November – 135
- Total active cases – 92
- Total cases – 1,057
- Deaths – 4
- Tests carried out yesterday – 17,296
Hospitalisation and Health System statistics
- Total cases in hospital – 2
- Total cases in ICU – 0
- Total cases ventilated – 0
Quarantine breakdown
- Cases in home quarantine – 49
- Cases in supervised quarantine – 41
- Close contacts identified – 1,163
Vaccination update
- First dose vaccinated (12+) – 91.4%
- Second dose vaccinated (12+) – 84.9%
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.
