The Emergency Management Council met this morning to discuss where South Australia sits in terms of the third Omicron wave currently spreading through the state.
The meeting saw the council review the current COVID-19 modelling which predicts that the state will hit the peak of the current Omicron wave within the next week with hospitalisations set to hit over 400.
The state’s Emergency Management Council has responded to growing concerns around the pressure this current wave will have on SA’s health care system by pausing some non-urgent overnight elective surgeries to free up beds in public hospitals around the state.
SA Health has estimated that an additional 40 beds would be needed daily out of the elective surgery workload with weekly revision scheduled to ensure that the system is back on track as soon as possible.
South Australia currently has 29, 845 active cases of COVID-19 however, authorities believe the true numbers are much higher due to undiagnosed cases in the community.
The announcement comes at the same time as the Therapeutic Goods Administration announces the approval of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for children aged six months to five years old.
The paediatric dose of the vaccine contains a lower concentration of the active ingredient and will still need to be administered over two doses.
South Australia recorded 4,172 new cases today, 29,845 active cases, with 3 deaths and 282 hospitalisations.
LATEST COVID STATISTICS
New cases today: 4,172
Current active cases: 29,845
Hospitalisations: 282
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.
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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