Two children infected with Covid-19 taken to hospital for assessment

Two children infected with coronavirus - including the daughter of a South Australian miner - have been assessed in hospital.

The infant child of a recently returned miner who is infected with Covid-19 was assessed in hospital at the weekend before returning to her parents in quarantine.

Premier Steven Marshall revealed that the baby was transferred to the hospital on Sunday.

“My understanding is that (the infant’s hospital visit) was for some fairly routine observations and not for treatment,” Mr Marshall said.

No further details were released and the infant has since returned to the hotel where the family are quarantining.

Separately, SA Health confirmed a five-year-old girl, also infected with Covid-19, was taken to the Women’s and Children’s Hospital for assessment on Tuesday but was never admitted.

She returned to the Tom’s Court quarantine hotel later in the day.

The five-year-old girl was taken to the Women's and Children's Hospital for assessment. Photo: Naomi Jellicoe

She has since returned to SA’s dedicated Covid-19 positive facility, Tom's Court Hotel. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Brenton Edwards

All confirmed Covid-19 cases are moved to Tom’s Court to complete their 14 days of isolation at the facility which is situated in Adelaide's CBD.

The miner father of the first child to go to hospital, Adam Ryan, initially tested negative when he returned to SA in late June after working at the Northern Territory Tanami mine site where other positive cases popped up.

Despite his initial negative result, he later tested positive to the virus.

Following his results, his wife Kristen and their four children, all aged under 10 years, were found to have also contracted the virus.

Their youngest child, who is less than 12 months old, was the last of the family to return a positive result on July 2.

Miner Adam Ryan and his wife Kristen said they have been “overwhelmed” by the community’s support. Picture: Facebook

The Ryan children are all back in isolation with their parents. Picture: Instagram

The parents have since spoken out about their situation, claiming they were “overwhelmed” by the support from the community.

After the diagnosis, authorities identified over 340 close contacts as well as more than 130 secondary contacts and 17 social contacts.

Chief public health officer Nicola Spurrier said last week that 100 per cent of those people had been tested and all results returned negative.

There was only one new Covid-19 case reported in SA on Monday and there are currently 16 active cases across the state.