SA has recorded no new coronavirus cases for the second day in a row, but health authorities are urging more people aged 21-30 to get tested during the state's testing blitz.
Health authorities say South Australia has recorded no new coronavirus cases for the second day in a row, despite a dramatic uptick in testing since an expanded regime was announced on Wednesday.The deputy chief public health officer has urged younger South Australians to get testedThere are now 81 active cases while seven people remain in hospital, with one patient in the ICU of the Royal Adelaide Hospital in a critical condition.
SA Health Deputy Chief Public Health Officer Mike Cusack said more than 5,000 COVID-19 tests had been completed over the past two days during"If you cast your minds back a few weeks, we were getting 30 cases a day," Dr Cusack said. "With the restrictions, especially with the border restrictions, we really have managed to get control of it.
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