Premier Steven Marshall described the death of the child 'a tragic circumstance for the family'. 9News
The child's death is in addition to the death of a woman in her 90s this week who also contracted the virus.LIVE UPDATES:9News understands the little girl is from Adelaide's western suburbs and is survived by her parents and three young siblings.However, SA Health could not confirm if the child had been in hospital or died at home.
"For example, in more vulnerable communities and also where there is a known significant transmission event," Mr Marshall said. Mr Marshall said the time that both close contacts and positive cases should be in isolation in South Australia was also discussed."As of the next 24 to 48 hours we will be moving to 10 days for people who are COVID-positive and seven days for those people who are close contacts if they're vaccinated," he said."Ultimately if you don't have any symptoms and you've done your 10 days...
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