Eleven people in hospital with COVID-19 are currently in intensive care and one of those is on a ventilator.
The majority of COVID-19 hospital cases – 137 – are fully-vaccinated, 47 are either unvaccinated or partially vaccinated, and 22 have an unknown vaccination status.
Modelling from the University of Adelaide and released on March 22 predicted South Australia could reach upwards of 8000 cases by early April.
But revised modelling released yesterday showed the BA.2 subvariant of Omicron was more likely to peak at 5500 cases a day, with peak adult ward occupancy also revised down to roughly 150 beds from 200.
Modelling released yesterday forecasting the peak of South Australia’s BA.2 subvariant wave.
Chief public health officer Nicola Spurrier earlier txjmtzywhis morning speculated South Australia could be past its forecast peak in COVID cases, but warned she would need to see case numbers for the rest of the week.
“I would say that I need the next couple of days data to say whether we’ve reached the peak or not,” she told ABC Radio this morning.
“But chances are we probably have and we’re in that plateau period, but I wouldn’t want to call it until I’ve seen the rest of the week’s data.”
Premier Peter Malinauskas also said it was too early to make a call on whether South Australia had passed the peak or not.
“While there’s reason for optimism it’s way too early to anticipate that we’ve passed the peak,” he said.
“Let’s wait and see what happens throughout the course of the middle of this week, which traditionally presents larger numbers than what we see at the end of the week or at the weekend.”
