South Australia has recorded 1,861 new cases of COVID-19 — bringing the total number of active cases in the state to 18,303.
SA Health data shows there are currently 100 people with the virus in hospital, including 10 patients in intensive care.
No new deaths have been reported.
Out of the hospitalised cases, 59 patients are fully vaccinated, 20 people are either unvaccinated or partially vaccinated and 21 have an unknown vaccination status, according to SA Health.
Yesterday 11,040 people had a PCR test, which is a slight increase on the previous 24 hours.
The Australian Medical Association's vice president Chris Moy said health authorities are "pretty happy" with the figures overall.
"The main thing is, although we've had a slight uptick in cases, the number of people in hospital has remained steady or is steadily dropping and the number of people in intensive care has been dropping," he said.
The South Australian police force will abandon its COVID-19 vaccine mandate from Monday — a week before a challenge of the mandates is due to be heard in the Supreme Court.
About 60 officers and around 18 public servants who had declined the vaccine have been on enforced leave due to the mandate, which had been imposed by the state's Police Commissioner Grant Stevens using his emergency management powers.
Mandates also exist for employees in other sectors such as health, aged and disability care, schools, childcare, forensic science and taxi and rideshare services.
Dr Moy said the reduction of mandates in individual organisations was "reasonably safe" at the moment due to the state's high vaccination rate and booster status.
However, he said the wider removal of mandates could send the wrong message to the community.
"The bigger problem is that it may send the wrong message for the community, they may suddenly go 'it's all over, we're fine now' and we can just relax and go back to where we were before," he said.
"[This] is exactly why we may fall into a hole later, either because people don't comply with COVID-safe practices like wearing masks for example or they don't get their boosters when they need to.
Police Commissioner Grant Stevens has previously suggested the state could be free from most COVID restrictions by the beginning of April when the state's emergency declaration expires.
When the declaration ends, any rules made under it — such as quarantine requirements, density limits and vaccination mandates — will also end.
Dr Moy said the state will "get into trouble" if everyone becomes complacent heading into Winter when the number of cases is likely to rise.
"What it will do is, if things get worse again because of an increase in cases... a new variant... then the new government in South Australia will have to start this whole thing up again," he said.
Dr Moy said it was crucial every one continued to follow COVID-safe practices going forward.
"We, as a community, need to look at what we are supposed to do and work together."
