South Australia has avoided a “catastrophic” situation in the state with one new case linked to a medi-hotel and none linked to the Parafield cluster, the Premier said.
The new infection is a woman in her 20s who has returned from overseas, she remains in hotel quarantine. The woman only became symptomatic on day ten of her 14-day quarantine period.
There are no new cases linked to the Parafield cluster in Adelaide’s northern suburbs.
“The consequences of not acting quickly and following that health advice would have been absolutely catastrophic on all businesses, families and individuals in our state in a few moments time,” Premier Steven Marshall said on Sunday.
Testing rates in the state were “phenomenal” with 16,982 coronavirus tests carried out on Saturday, he said.
There was also no sign of any further community transmission from the cluster of 26 people infected with the virus.
Modelling showed the state was facing a second wave if the government had not acted on the Parafield outbreak, the state’s Chief Health Officer Nicola Spurrier told reporters.
“I have no regrets on my advice and decision-making last week. I‘ve no doubt it was the right thing to do,” Professor Spurrier said on Sunday.
Social distancing, mask wearing and getting tested were important to tackling the spread of the virus, she said.
But the professor said she was “absolutely stoked” with the efforts of South Australians compliance with the rules.
It comes after South Australia’s lockdown ended at midnight, three days earlier than planned.
But the Premier had earlier said the state was not out of the woods yet with one new virus case confirmed on Saturday linked to the Parafield cluster.
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