South Australia Covid update as at 27 June 2022

COVID Cases in SA

There have been 2,137 new cases of COVID-19 reported in South Australia today. There are currently 15,878 active cases in South Australia.

Sadly, SA Health can confirm a woman in her 80s, two women in their 90s, a man in his 80s, a man in his 90s and a man over 100 who tested positive for COVID-19, have passed away.

There are 210 people with COVID-19 in hospital, including nine people in ICU. Of those hospitalised, 117 people have received three or more vaccine doses and 87 people are either unvaccinated or partially vaccinated and six 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 – 2,137
    • Current active cases – 15,878
    • Total cases – 583,665
    • Total deaths – 531

    Variants

    The latest genome sampling from 1 to 13 June has found 80.7% of samples taken were BA.2.

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

    COVID testing

    Yesterday, 5,588 people received a PCR test in South Australia, which is an 8.4% decrease on the previous 24 hours. Of the test results returned yesterday, 1,082 PCR tests were positive, while 1,055 positive Rapid Antigen Test results were reported.

    Vaccination update

    Currently 95.9% of eligible South Australians aged 12+ have received their first dose of the vaccine and 93.9% havereceived their second dose. Boosters have been administered to 73.1% ofeligible South Australiansand 68.6% of South Australians aged 16+.

    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.

    /Public Release. View in full here.