Lines at Adelaide COVID-19 testing clinics are growing this morning as Premier Steven Marshall confirms the state has recorded a fourth local coronavirus case.
Level four restrictions were brought back into effect at midnight, after three new cases were detected in the community yesterday.
One of the positive cases is the daughter of an 81-year-old man who returned from Argentina and also tested positive. The other two include a man and woman in their 50s.
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https://twitter.com/katelambe_/status/1417223708159053844?ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwMr Marshall this morning told local radio another local case was detected overnight, a close contact of one of yesterday's cases.
Health authorities also confirmed 60 people from the Modbury Hospital, including health staff, recovered patients and ambulance personnel, have been rushed to medi-hotels overnight.
https://twitter.com/9keziahsullivan/status/1417242745836498952?ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwWhile stay-at-home orders have not been issued yet, masks are again required in high-risk environments and public transport, and a one person per four-square-metre rule returns.
Private gatherings have been capped at 10 and gyms and non-essential retail have closed.
Only outdoor dining is allowed and food and beverage consumption must be done while seated, while all larger and contact sport events have been cancelled.
Mr Marshall said the situation NSW and Victoria are facing right now is concerning and he didn't want to see a similar situation for South Australia.
"We only have one chance to get this right," Mr Marshall said yesterday.
Since the new restrictions came into effect, hundreds have flocked to local testing clinics to find out if they have been infected.
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At the Victoria Park testing site in Adelaide, lines of cars have been growing longer with concerns the city's hotspots could see similar scenes as those in Sydney's Fairfield last week.
Thousands flocked to that testing site after a three-day rule was introduced for any essential workers who had to leave their government area for work.
This resulted in eight-hour wait times and lines kilometres deep.
Mr Marshall says current restrictions are to prevent a full blown lockdown and they will be reassessed this Friday, depending on how many more local infections emerge.
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