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The state emerged from a three-day lockdown yesterday. Residents were ordered to stay at home and exercise in public places was banned.

Mr Marshall said 8689 people were tested in yesterday and there was only one new case picked up. However, chief health officer Professor Nicola Spurrier said that if there was any community transmission from the state’s Parafield cluster we would see it this week.

There are now now 27 cases linked to the cluster and one person – a man in his 30s – is in hospital in a stable condition.

The new case was a member of the extended family group that is associated with the cluster. She has been in quarantine since early last week.

Despite claiming SA had “avoided a second wave”, Mr Marshall said he was still “very concerned” about the state’s cluster and added that “we are not out of the woods” yet.

Meanwhile, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has eased COVID-19 restrictions today and the border with NSW has opened.

Rules around mask wearing have been loosened and private gatherings have increased from two visitors per household to 15 while up to 50 people are allowed to gather outside.

Victorian residents are allowed to ditch their mask when they venture outside so long as social distancing is possible, but they are still required to wear them indoors and in crowded settings including on public transport.

NSW has also eased some restrictions on outdoor gatherings.

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Mr Marshall is speaking now, and he says his state has beaten a second wave.

He said this time last week he was preparing lockdown measures and expecting to deal with over 100 cases a day.

Yesterday, he said 8000 people were tested in SA and there was only one new case picked up.

The case was a member of the extended family group that is associated with the Parafield cluster. She has been in quarantine since early last week.

However, Mr Marshall said he was still "very concerned" about the state's cluster and added that "we are not out of the woods" yet.

Chief health officer Nicola Spurrier said that if there was any community transmission from the cluster we would see it this week.

South Australia Premier Steven Marshall will be speaking in about 15 minutes to give an update on the state's recent outbreak.

The state emerged from a three-day lockdown yesterday. Residents were ordered to stay at home and exercise in public places was banned.

Mr Marshall said this morning the situation now appeared "very manageable".

A raft of new restriction-easing measures have been revealed and NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard has let it slip that there will be more announced on Wednesday – specifically relating to hospitality.

He said that as of today, the following will be allowed;

– Up to 500 people at outdoor religious services
– Up to 30 singers outdoors
– Audience or congregation at a church can sing, so long as they are wearing a mask
– Up to 3000 people can attend a concert

Ms Berejiklian added that restriction changes for hospitality will be announced this week if there are no major changes.

She also said that from today, all hospitality businesses in NSW are required to have QR code check in.

Gladys Berejiklian is speaking in Sydney.

She says the border removal with Victoria went "extremely successfully" overnight.

"I never want to be in a position again where we have to shut down our borders and certainly New South Wales, trying to work hard to not only have a lockdown again but not shut down our borders," she said.

"In a pandemic, you can't predict what is going to happen around the corner.

"What I will say is that New South Wales is resilient, we have an outstanding system and outstanding police force and our plan is to not go backwards in a COVID-safe way so please, please, keep following the instructions because it is really important for us not to be complacent to make sure we continue to live in a COVID-safe Way."

Five cases were reported in returned overseas travellers in hotel quarantine.

He's speaking with the Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas, to reveal a $5 million "secure work pilot scheme" providing sick and carers leave for casual and insecure workers.

Employees will be eligible for up to five days once they’ve presented a medical certificate.

Three new cases have been picked up in hotel quarantine, but again there's been zero community transmission.

Monday 23 November – coronavirus cases in Queensland:
• 0 locally acquired cases, 3 cases acquired overseas
• 14 active cases
• 1,196 total confirmed cases
• 1,326,061 tests conducted
Sadly, six Queenslanders with COVID-19 have died. 1,172 patients have recovered.#covid19 pic.twitter.com/t9R4QiUqZT
— Annastacia Palaszczuk (@AnnastaciaMP) November 22, 2020