Wastewater testing in South Australia returns evidence of coronavirus at two treatment plants, while a Victorian woman on her way to the Northern Territory has also tested positive.
Key points:A woman travelling with family from Victoria has tested positiveSA Health said one positive sample came back at Bolivar, which has a catchment of 700,000 properties, including the Adelaide CBD, where patients with the virus have been housed in hotels.
"This is really a reminder that COVID hasn't disappeared from our state," South Australia's Chief Public Health Officer, Nicola Spurrier, said.For the latest news on the COVID-19 pandemic read our coronavirus updates story.One new case in South Australia has been confirmed in a woman in her 20s — a Victorian resident who was transiting through Adelaide Airport to Alice Springs, but now remains in South Australia.The Pullman medi-hotel in Adelaide's CBD.
"But given she had four young people with her, we elected to put her in a medi-hotel here in South Australia and she tested positive."
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