South Australia Covid update as at 18 August 2023

COVID Cases in SA

There have been 481 new cases of COVID-19 reported in South Australia in the past week.

As of 11:59pm Tuesday 15 August, there were 37 people with COVID-19 in hospital, including two people in ICU.

There were no COVID-19 deaths notified to the Department for Health and Wellbeing in the past week. Please note, Births, Deaths and Marriages data is currently received on a monthly basis.

Total case breakdown

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	​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​This week	Previous week
New cases	481	503
Total cases	929,773	929,292
Total deaths	1,573	1,573

COVID testing

In the past week, 3,723 people received a PCR test in South Australia, a 15% decrease on the previous week.

Vaccination update

Data is available from Vaccination numbers andstatistics.

COVID testing sites

There are more than 40 sites across the state where South Australians can access a PCR with and without a GP referral.