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17 JANUARY = DELTA WAVE Day 215 & OMICRON TSUSAMI Day 40 < Pt3 SA , ACT , TAS >
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17/1/2022 SA
SA recorded 3829 NEW CASES , SA local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 71020 cases.
SA recorded 0 delta deaths..
SA Health has mandated reporting of +ve RATs.
SA Reff = 1.03
SA PCR POSITIVITY = 19.23%
CALC EFFECTIVE SA POSITIVITY
+VE RATs = 969
+VE PCRs = 2860 ==> PCR TESTS = 2860/0.1923 = 14873
==> +VE (RATs + PCRs) = 969 + 2860 = 3829
==> TESTS ( PCRs + +ve RATs) = 14873 + 969 = 15842
EFFECTIVE POSITIVITY = +VE (RATs + PCRs) / TESTS ( PCRs + +ve RATs) = 3829 / 15842 = 24.17%
SA LOCAL DAILY CASES
Door-to-door testing in Koonibba, the far west SA Aboriginal community at centre of COVID-19 outbreak
A COVID-19 outbreak at Koonibba in South Australia's far west is growing, as authorities go door to door testing for the disease.
SA Health data shows there are 76 active cases in the District Council of Ceduna, which includes the Aboriginal community of Koonibba where many residents have been forced into isolation.
Health authorities opened a drive-through testing site at the Ceduna Blues Sports Club on Monday to help get on top of the spread.
Ceduna Aboriginal Corporation chief executive Wayne Miller said health workers doorknocked in Koonibba to administer tests.
"We've done the whole of community testing twice out there which has been able to detect the cases very early on, but we still need to do a lot of work to prevent the spread."
He said local events like funerals and large gatherings had been curtailed.
"While we start to see outbreaks, I think we need to modify all of those things to best protect community.
"It's a really good and wise move that the Koonibba community have done to limit attendance numbers because … we don't want them to turn into superspreader events."
The lack of mobile coverage in Koonibba was proving a challenge, he said.
"We've got a community that doesn't have mobile phone coverage, so even getting important health messages to them is a concern.
"There are a number of strategies that have been put in place or are going to be put in place to try to improve that."
In a statement, SA Health said it had been working with Aboriginal community leaders and councils for 19 months to develop plans to deal with potential outbreaks.
"The community response plans for Koonibba have now been activated and SA Health and [SA Police] have responded," a spokesperson said.
SA Health said it was assisting local authorities with increased testing and other supports.
It said about 72 per cent of people in the Ceduna local government area aged 12 and above were fully vaccinated.
The agency has also opened a new drive-through testing clinic at the Ravendale Sporting Complex in Port Lincoln.
Premier Steven Marshall says South Australia's current COVID-19 outbreak is stabilising, with 3829 new infections and only a small increase in hospitalisations,
The number of people in hospital rose by seven to 227, with 26 in intensive care where five people are on ventilators.
There were no deaths in the past 24 hours with the current number of active infections falling by 3783 to 33,703.
Mr Marshall said the current situation in SA was nothing like what the state was experiencing a few weeks ago when new infections were doubling every couple of days.
"It is very stable at the moment. We can't be complacent, we're still dealing with a highly transmissible variant," he said.
"But we are starting to see some very, very hopeful signs.
"Over the last two days, we've had more people recovered than infected, another indication we are getting towards the peak of this infection."
SA last week released its latest modelling on the trajectory of the current outbreak which suggested the peak would be reached by January 25.Daily cases were forecast to go as high as 10,000 but that was well below the 40,000 predicted had the state not reintroduced some local restrictions on Boxing Day.
They included a 25 per cent density requirement for most venues, a 10-person cap on family gatherings and continued mask mandates.
The Public Health Association of Australia said if those measures had flattened the Omicron curve in SA they should be imposed in other states.
"If that assessment is true then all other states, and particularly those down the east coast, should as a matter of urgency adopt similar strategies," Chief Executive Terry Slevin said.
"Clearly the South Australian population is far lower than that of NSW, Victoria or Queensland, but on a per 100,000 persons basis, it is clear that virus spread is far lower in SA."
Despite the improving position, concerns remain over the number of cases across SA's aged care sector, which have prompted limits and restrictions on visits from family and friends.
SA currently has 102 outbreaks, defined as at least one COVID-positive resident or two positive staff, in aged care homes with 572 staff and 615 residents having the virus.
Mr Marshall said officials had identified 11 centres that required some significant support, which could include extra protective equipment or assistance with testing.
"We want to help in any way we can," the premier said.
"But we're very confident the aged care community is getting on top of this."
Mr Marshall said the major issue for the sector was the impact on staffing, prompting an upcoming revision of return to work rules to provide a "nuanced" approach to getting workers who may be close contacts back on the job.
"We need to do this in a careful and considered way," he said.
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17/1/2022 ACT
ACT recorded 1601 NEW CASES , ACT local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 21597 cases.
ACT recorded 2 delta deaths..
ACT Health has mandated reporting of +ve RATs.
ACT Reff = 1.25
ACT PCR POSITIVITY = --%
17/1/2022 ACT
ACT COVID-19 Update – 17 January 2022
The territory also recorded 1316 new COVID-19 infections, with active cases now reaching 3257.
There are 41 people in ACT hospitals, including three people in intensive care, two of them on ventilation.
ACT Health said the two deaths involve a man in his 50s and a man in his 90s.
ACT Health has been notified of the death of a woman in her 50s with COVID-19 at Canberra Hospital.
New cases of COVID-19 recorded in the ACT in the 24 hours to 8pm yesterday: 1,601 (878 PCR and 723 RAT)
ACT residents aged 12 and over who are fully vaccinated: 98.6%
ACT residents aged 18 and over who have received their booster: 30.5%
ACT residents aged 5-11 who have received one dose: 26.8%
New deaths: 2
Total deaths: 20
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17/1/2022 TAS
TAS recorded 1037 new cases , TAS local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 18749 cases.
TAS recorded 0 delta deaths..
TAS Health has mandated reporting of +ve RATs.
TAS Reff = 0.79
TAS PCR POSITIVITY = 15.31%
CALC EFFECTIVE TAS POSITIVITY
+VE RATs = 727
+VE PCRs = 310
PCR TESTS = 310/0.1531 = 2025
==> +VE (RATs + PCRs) = 1037
==> TESTS ( PCRs + +ve RATs) = 2025 + 727 = 2752
EFFECTIVE POSITIVITY = +VE (RATs + PCRs) / TESTS ( PCRs + +ve RATs) = 1037/ 2752 = 37.7 %
TAS LOCAL DAILY CASES
Tasmania's COVID-19 patients to have face-to-face appointments in City Hall. The Hobart City Hall is set to become an outpatient treatment facility for COVID-19 patients, as Tasmania grapples with an increase in case numbers.
The deal between the council and the Department of Health enables people who have tested positive for COVID-19 to have face-to-face appointments in the hall without having to go to the Royal Hobart Hospital.
Currently, COVID-19 outpatient appointments are conducted in a designated ward at the Royal Hobart Hospital.
"City Hall will be stood up if this COVID-19 ward space is needed for increased numbers of overnight COVID-19 admitted patients," Health Minister Jeremy Rockliff said in a statement.
"When needed, the City Hall clinic will be configured to allow for stringent protocols to be in place to ensure there is no risk of transmission while patients use the facility."
During the spread of swine flu in 2009, City Hall hosted respiratory outpatient clinics.
Mr Rockliff said the move had remained a contingency in pandemic planning for the Southern Region since that time.
Tasmania has recorded 1,037 new COVID-19 cases, up from 825 yesterday.
Twenty-one people are in hospital and one person remains in intensive care.
There are 6,365 actives cases in the state, down slightly from yesterday's figure of 6,485.
Out of the day's positive cases, 310 were PCR tests and 727 were rapid antigen tests.
Just over 5,800 rapid tests were distributed yesterday, under the new arrangement which requires people to request a test from the government using an online registry.
There are now 372 people receiving medical assistance in their homes through the COVID at home program.
In the state, 97.75 per cent of eligible people aged 12 and over have now had their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 94 per cent have had two doses.
Just over 26 per cent of those aged 18 and over have had a booster shot.
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17/1/2022 SA
SA recorded 3829 NEW CASES , SA local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 71020 cases.
SA recorded 0 delta deaths..
SA Health has mandated reporting of +ve RATs.
SA Reff = 1.03
SA PCR POSITIVITY = 19.23%
CALC EFFECTIVE SA POSITIVITY
+VE RATs = 969
+VE PCRs = 2860 ==> PCR TESTS = 2860/0.1923 = 14873
==> +VE (RATs + PCRs) = 969 + 2860 = 3829
==> TESTS ( PCRs + +ve RATs) = 14873 + 969 = 15842
EFFECTIVE POSITIVITY = +VE (RATs + PCRs) / TESTS ( PCRs + +ve RATs) = 3829 / 15842 = 24.17%
SA LOCAL DAILY CASES
Door-to-door testing in Koonibba, the far west SA Aboriginal community at centre of COVID-19 outbreak
A COVID-19 outbreak at Koonibba in South Australia's far west is growing, as authorities go door to door testing for the disease.
SA Health data shows there are 76 active cases in the District Council of Ceduna, which includes the Aboriginal community of Koonibba where many residents have been forced into isolation.
Health authorities opened a drive-through testing site at the Ceduna Blues Sports Club on Monday to help get on top of the spread.
Ceduna Aboriginal Corporation chief executive Wayne Miller said health workers doorknocked in Koonibba to administer tests.
"We've done the whole of community testing twice out there which has been able to detect the cases very early on, but we still need to do a lot of work to prevent the spread."
He said local events like funerals and large gatherings had been curtailed.
"While we start to see outbreaks, I think we need to modify all of those things to best protect community.
"It's a really good and wise move that the Koonibba community have done to limit attendance numbers because … we don't want them to turn into superspreader events."
The lack of mobile coverage in Koonibba was proving a challenge, he said.
"We've got a community that doesn't have mobile phone coverage, so even getting important health messages to them is a concern.
"There are a number of strategies that have been put in place or are going to be put in place to try to improve that."
In a statement, SA Health said it had been working with Aboriginal community leaders and councils for 19 months to develop plans to deal with potential outbreaks.
"The community response plans for Koonibba have now been activated and SA Health and [SA Police] have responded," a spokesperson said.
SA Health said it was assisting local authorities with increased testing and other supports.
It said about 72 per cent of people in the Ceduna local government area aged 12 and above were fully vaccinated.
The agency has also opened a new drive-through testing clinic at the Ravendale Sporting Complex in Port Lincoln.
Premier Steven Marshall says South Australia's current COVID-19 outbreak is stabilising, with 3829 new infections and only a small increase in hospitalisations,
The number of people in hospital rose by seven to 227, with 26 in intensive care where five people are on ventilators.
There were no deaths in the past 24 hours with the current number of active infections falling by 3783 to 33,703.
Mr Marshall said the current situation in SA was nothing like what the state was experiencing a few weeks ago when new infections were doubling every couple of days.
"It is very stable at the moment. We can't be complacent, we're still dealing with a highly transmissible variant," he said.
"But we are starting to see some very, very hopeful signs.
"Over the last two days, we've had more people recovered than infected, another indication we are getting towards the peak of this infection."
SA last week released its latest modelling on the trajectory of the current outbreak which suggested the peak would be reached by January 25.Daily cases were forecast to go as high as 10,000 but that was well below the 40,000 predicted had the state not reintroduced some local restrictions on Boxing Day.
They included a 25 per cent density requirement for most venues, a 10-person cap on family gatherings and continued mask mandates.
The Public Health Association of Australia said if those measures had flattened the Omicron curve in SA they should be imposed in other states.
"If that assessment is true then all other states, and particularly those down the east coast, should as a matter of urgency adopt similar strategies," Chief Executive Terry Slevin said.
"Clearly the South Australian population is far lower than that of NSW, Victoria or Queensland, but on a per 100,000 persons basis, it is clear that virus spread is far lower in SA."
Despite the improving position, concerns remain over the number of cases across SA's aged care sector, which have prompted limits and restrictions on visits from family and friends.
SA currently has 102 outbreaks, defined as at least one COVID-positive resident or two positive staff, in aged care homes with 572 staff and 615 residents having the virus.
Mr Marshall said officials had identified 11 centres that required some significant support, which could include extra protective equipment or assistance with testing.
"We want to help in any way we can," the premier said.
"But we're very confident the aged care community is getting on top of this."
Mr Marshall said the major issue for the sector was the impact on staffing, prompting an upcoming revision of return to work rules to provide a "nuanced" approach to getting workers who may be close contacts back on the job.
"We need to do this in a careful and considered way," he said.
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17/1/2022 ACT
ACT recorded 1601 NEW CASES , ACT local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 21597 cases.
ACT recorded 2 delta deaths..
ACT Health has mandated reporting of +ve RATs.
ACT Reff = 1.25
ACT PCR POSITIVITY = --%
17/1/2022 ACT
ACT COVID-19 Update – 17 January 2022
The territory also recorded 1316 new COVID-19 infections, with active cases now reaching 3257.
There are 41 people in ACT hospitals, including three people in intensive care, two of them on ventilation.
ACT Health said the two deaths involve a man in his 50s and a man in his 90s.
ACT Health has been notified of the death of a woman in her 50s with COVID-19 at Canberra Hospital.
New cases of COVID-19 recorded in the ACT in the 24 hours to 8pm yesterday: 1,601 (878 PCR and 723 RAT)
ACT residents aged 12 and over who are fully vaccinated: 98.6%
ACT residents aged 18 and over who have received their booster: 30.5%
ACT residents aged 5-11 who have received one dose: 26.8%
New deaths: 2
Total deaths: 20
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17/1/2022 TAS
TAS recorded 1037 new cases , TAS local total for DELTA - OMICRON WAVE now 18749 cases.
TAS recorded 0 delta deaths..
TAS Health has mandated reporting of +ve RATs.
TAS Reff = 0.79
TAS PCR POSITIVITY = 15.31%
CALC EFFECTIVE TAS POSITIVITY
+VE RATs = 727
+VE PCRs = 310
PCR TESTS = 310/0.1531 = 2025
==> +VE (RATs + PCRs) = 1037
==> TESTS ( PCRs + +ve RATs) = 2025 + 727 = 2752
EFFECTIVE POSITIVITY = +VE (RATs + PCRs) / TESTS ( PCRs + +ve RATs) = 1037/ 2752 = 37.7 %
TAS LOCAL DAILY CASES
Tasmania's COVID-19 patients to have face-to-face appointments in City Hall. The Hobart City Hall is set to become an outpatient treatment facility for COVID-19 patients, as Tasmania grapples with an increase in case numbers.
The deal between the council and the Department of Health enables people who have tested positive for COVID-19 to have face-to-face appointments in the hall without having to go to the Royal Hobart Hospital.
Currently, COVID-19 outpatient appointments are conducted in a designated ward at the Royal Hobart Hospital.
"City Hall will be stood up if this COVID-19 ward space is needed for increased numbers of overnight COVID-19 admitted patients," Health Minister Jeremy Rockliff said in a statement.
"When needed, the City Hall clinic will be configured to allow for stringent protocols to be in place to ensure there is no risk of transmission while patients use the facility."
During the spread of swine flu in 2009, City Hall hosted respiratory outpatient clinics.
Mr Rockliff said the move had remained a contingency in pandemic planning for the Southern Region since that time.
Tasmania has recorded 1,037 new COVID-19 cases, up from 825 yesterday.
Twenty-one people are in hospital and one person remains in intensive care.
There are 6,365 actives cases in the state, down slightly from yesterday's figure of 6,485.
Out of the day's positive cases, 310 were PCR tests and 727 were rapid antigen tests.
Just over 5,800 rapid tests were distributed yesterday, under the new arrangement which requires people to request a test from the government using an online registry.
There are now 372 people receiving medical assistance in their homes through the COVID at home program.
In the state, 97.75 per cent of eligible people aged 12 and over have now had their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 94 per cent have had two doses.
Just over 26 per cent of those aged 18 and over have had a booster shot.
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