There have been 995 new cases of COVID-19 reported today. There have been 6,160 cases reported in South Australia to date.
Today’s cases include 84 children, 66 teenagers, 449 women aged between 18 and 105, and 396 men aged between 18 and 94.
Of these, 91 cases acquired their infection in South Australia and are known contacts of a positive case, 3 cases acquired their infection in South Australia with the contact unknown, 8 cases acquired their infection interstate, and 893 cases are under investigation.
There are 36 cases in hospital, of these are three young children and three others aged between 10 and 19, two people in their 20s, five in their 30s, two in their 40s, six in their 50s, six in their 60s, four in their 70s, one in their 80s, and four in their 90s. Included in the total hospitalisation cases are five people n ICU, with one person is ventilated.
Of the hospitalised cases, 14 people are fully vaccinated, and 10 are unvaccinated (includes partial and nil vaccination), and 12 have an unknown vaccination status.
Due to a reconfiguration of the data, three cases from yesterday have been re-added to the total number of cases, after initially being removed.
SA Health encourage anyone who has been out in the community to monitor closely for symptoms and get tested as soon as soon as they appear.
Omicron samples
Percentage of samples taken with Omicron result 81%
*Regular genome sampling is taken to monitor the levels of Omicron within South Australia. This figure will be updated as results are received, noting results are not reported daily. Latest Omicron sampling percentage for SA taken from 43 samples.
New case breakdown
New cases today 995
New cases vaccinated 405
New cases unvaccinated 92
Vaccination status unknown 498
Overseas acquired 0
Locally acquired 94
Interstate acquired 8
Under investigation 893
Unlinked 0
Total case breakdown
Total new cases since 23 November 5,238
Total active cases 4,889
Total cases 6,160
Deaths 5
Tests carried out yesterday 20,053
Hospitalisation and Health System statistics
Total cases in hospital 36
Total cases in ICU 5
Total cases ventilated 1
Quarantine Breakdown
Cases in home quarantine 4,767
Cases in supervised quarantine 86
Vaccination update
First dose vaccinated (12+) 92.2%
Second dose vaccinated (12+) 87.5%
Norwood cluster cases
Total cases 40
CURRENT EXPOSURE LOCATIONS
Please note: During the December 26th press conference with Professor Nicola Spurrier, she said that SA Health have stopped listing all impacted sites, and are now focused on super spreader, high risk or vulnerable locations.
If you were at any of the below locations, but not at the specified date and time, monitor yourself for symptoms and get tested as soon as symptoms develop.
You may not always receive a call, SMS or email from SA Health. You must follow the relevant health advice even if you have not been contacted.
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.
More information is available at www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/COVIDcontacttracing.
For more information visit https://www.covid-19.sa.gov.au/ or call the SA COVID-19 Information Line on 1800 253 787.
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