COVID-19’s impact on the state’s schools is also becoming starker, with the 740 teachers and school service officers currently absent due to COVID-19 reasons – up from 697 yesterday.
The state’s student absentee rate due to COVID-19 has also grown from 3.1 per cent to 3.4.
South Australia’s COVID-19 cases arxjmtzywe expected to peak at around 8000 cases a day next month with adult ward occupancy reaching more than 200 beds, according to State Government-commissioned modelling from the University of Adelaide.
Chief public health officer Nicola Spurrier said health authorities were not worried about the number of cases but rather the impact it would have on the functioning of the healthcare system.
