How many Covid cases will SA record on day 1 of a new year?

Latest South Australian case numbers for January 1, 2021, will be reported here when they are announced. Friday cases: December 31, 2021SA has recorded two more deaths and a “significant” rise of 2093 Covid cases on the last day of the year, a huge jump on Thursday’s figure of 1374. Two aged-care residents, both Covid positive, died – a woman in her 90s and a man in his 80s. The cause of death is not confirmed and have been referred to the Coroner.Friday’s cases include 206 children and 145 teenagers. There are 44 people in hospital with Covid and four in intensive care, one is on a ventilator but all are considered stable. SA had 25,943 tests on Thursday – a new record, Premier Steven Marshall said.MORE STORIES■ January 1 national wrap: 22,500 cases in NSW and Victoria’s surging too■ $90 for five tests ... who can afford a rapid antigen test?■ Questions remain as Premier tries to clarify contacts confusion■ $40m rescue package for hospitality and fitness industries■ Aussie camp rocked as Travis Head tests positive■ Up to 6 million extra rapid Covid tests – but not for the public■ Elective surgery off as hospital crisis loomsTest result bungleSA Pathology has admitted sending 11 people the wrong Covid test results. Six people who were told they were Covid-negative were positive, and five who were told they were positive were negative.In a statement late on Friday, SA Health said 11 people received a text message advising them of the incorrect Covid-19 results. “While the PCR test result was correct, an IT issue resulted in the incorrect result being sent to the individuals,” a spokeswoman said.“A clarification was sent within three hours of the original message being received and we’ve contacted all those affected to explain the situation and apologise for any inconvenience caused.”The spokeswoman said the error was found during SA Pathology’s usual quality control processes and while this is the first occurrence in South Australia, they have implemented further measures to prevent it happening again. SA Pathology has conducted 110,235 Covid-19 tests since Monday. SA Exposure SitesContact rulesMr Marshall moves to clarify the state’s new rules about close contacts, and Treasurer Rob Lucas announced a $40m rescue package for hospitality and tourism industries hit by the new density requirements. And SA Ashes hero Travis Head has tested positive to Covid.Mr Marshall said workers in sectors where vaccinations were mandatory would soon be required to have three shots.People coming into SA are no longer required to use the Entry Check SA, or a take a rapid test if they are coming over the border, effective immediately.“This is not a good use of our resources at the moment,” Mr Marshall said.He said fully vaccinated people arriving from overseas would no longer have to quarantine as of midnight on Friday.Mr Marshall moved to clarify the state’s new rules about close contacts, saying chief public health officer Nicola Spurrier’s statement about “15 minutes” was a guideline and not a direction.On Thursday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said most of the states had agreed to narrow the definition of a close contact to people who spent four hours or more with a positive case in a “household-like setting”, in an attempt to lower testing queues.But Mr Marshall said SA was not using that rule, and would instead classify a close contact as someone who spent time with or was an intimate partner with a positive case. Asked to clarify the close contacts rules, he said there was no “hard and fast” message.“It is variable – if you had dinner with someone who has Covid, you have a high chance of getting it, you should get a PCR test. But there are a million variations of that,” Mr Marshall said.National – 2021 – Covid Vaccination Stats Via news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site https://www.news.com.au