Covid numbers continue to rise as a person in their 30s dies

12 people with Covid have died in the past week including a person in their 30s. But while weekly cases edge towards 10,000, restrictions remain off the table.

Covid cases are continuing to rise in South Australia, however restrictions remain off the table, the state government says.

There have been 9684 new cases of Covid reported in the past week, compared to 9000 last week.

Currently there are almost 7000 active cases, including 128 people in hospital, eight of those are in ICU.

Of those hospitalised, 96 people had received three or more vaccine doses, 25 people were either unvaccinated or partially vaccinated and seven had an unknown vaccination status.

There were 12 Covid deaths notified to SA Health in the past week including people in their 30s.

But the state government has ruled out restrictions including shutting schools early despite teachers saying rising infections have left them dramatically understaffed.

On Wednesday, Education Minister Blair Boyer reassured parents the situation was under control, saying SA’s campuses were well prepared despite surging rates of infection.

Learning from home was unlikely according to Education Minister, Blair Boyer. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Mariuz

Mr Boyer said a return to learning from home was unlikely, with hopes the end of the school year would act as a circuit breaker to stem the spread of cases ahead of Christmas.

“That may change as modelling changes, but we only have two and a half weeks left of school,” Mr Boyer said.

“Hopefully we’ll then be past this wave and start the 2023 school year fresh.”

There have been a total of 820,092 cases including 1078 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.