Updated Covid heatmap shows the spread of cases across SA council areas

The spread of Covid has steadily slowed across metropolitan Adelaide in the past week, but cases are up in some regional centres. See the latest heatmap of active cases.

The latest Covid heatmap based on SA Health data shows active cases of the virus have decreased steadily across metropolitan Adelaide in the past week.

But while the figures for most parts of the state indicate the latest wave has peaked and is beginning to decline, some regional centres have had an increase in cases over the past week.

They include Whyalla (up from 297 to 342 active cases), Murray Bridge (285 to 301), Victor Harbor (147 to 160), Light in the Mid North (243 to 252), Grant in the South East (90 to 106), and Kangaroo Island (less than 50 to 79).

However, active cases have decreased in every metropolitan council except for a small rise in Walkerville.

There are 22,243 cases across the entire state as 10am on August 1, a drop of more than 5000 cases in the past week. SA has recorded more than 708,000 cases and 674 deaths since the pandemic began.

There are 346 patients with Covid in hospital, 11 of whom are in intensive care.

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* Population per council area is based on the 2016 Census

A week ago most metro councils had a concentration of one case for every 50-70 residents.

That has now decreased to one case for every 60-80 residents. In Campbelltown, there is one case for every 108 people.

Only Onkaparinga and Port Adelaide Enfield now have more than 2000 active cases.

But case numbers remain relatively high in several regional councils around Adelaide – Alexandrina 371, Barossa 342, Murray Bridge 301, Victor Harbor 160.

There are nine regional councils with more than 200 active cases, and 15 regional councils with case numbers in triple figures, compared to 16 at this time last week.