South Australia has reduced some COVID-19 restrictions despite a rise in new infections in recent days.
From Saturday, density limits on hospitality venues have been eased to allow them to operate at 50 per cent capacity or one person to every two square metres. Stand-up food and drink consumption is also permitted.
If all patrons are seated, venues can operate at 75 per cent capacity or three people to every four square metres.
Caps on private functions in hospitality venues have been increased to 150 people, with dancing and singing allowed.
However, limits on home gatherings remain at 50 people and the state's mask mandates for high-risk venues, indoor public places and on public transport, remain unchanged.
Police Commissioner Grant Stevens said the level of hospitalisations, current infection rates and vaccination numbers were factors in a decision to ease restrictions.
"The main consideration for us is the hospitalisation rates and ensuring that our health system is able to cope with additional cases in the community," he said.
The number of people in hospital fell from 192 on Wednesday to 112 by Friday.
South Australia reported 1714 new COVID-19 infections on Friday, 1735 on Thursday and 1958 on Wednesday, after the daily case numbers had fallen to 1027 on February 14.
The increases were not unexpected following the recent return of all children to school, the start of the Fringe arts festival and the easing of work from home guidelines.
The state's seven-day average stands at 1493.
At the peak of the Omicron outbreak, SA recorded 5679 infections on January 14.
