South Australia Covid update as at 23 December 2021

There have been 484 new cases of COVID-19 reported today. There have been 2,229 cases reported in South Australia to date.

Today’s cases are 43 children, 26 teenagers, 192 women aged between 18 and 96 and 223 males aged between 18 and 88.

Of these, 106 cases acquired their infection in South Australia and are known contacts of a positive case, two cases acquired their infection in South Australia with the contact unknown, ten cases acquired their infection interstate, and 366 cases are under investigation.

Two men in their 50s and 60s and two women in their 90s are at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH), while a man in his 30s is ventilated in the RAH’s Intensive Care Unit. One woman in her 30s is at the Flinders Medical Centre and one child is at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital.

We encourage anyone who has been out in the community to monitor closely for symptoms and get tested as soon as soon as they appear.

Total Omicron cases

  • Total cases – 36

New case breakdown

  • New cases today – 484
  • New cases vaccinated – 230
  • New cases unvaccinated – 70
  • Vaccination status unknown -184
  • Overseas acquired – 0
  • Locally acquired – 108
  • Interstate acquired – 10
  • Under investigation – 366
  • Unlinked – 0

Total case breakdown

  • Total new cases since 23 November – 1,307
  • Total active cases – 1,214
  • Total cases – 2,229
  • Deaths – 4
  • Tests carried out yesterday – 25,175

Hospitalisation and Health System statistics

  • Total cases in hospital – 7
  • Total cases in ICU – 1
  • Total cases ventilated – 1

Quarantine breakdown

  • Cases in home quarantine – 1,138
  • Cases in supervised quarantine – 69
  • Close contacts identified – 1,434

Vaccination update

  • First dose vaccinated (12+) – 92.2%
  • Second dose vaccinated (12+) – 86.9%

Norwood cluster cases

  • Total cases 40

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.

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