South Australian public servants are being encouraged to work from their offices once again, after the SA government removed remaining density restrictions.
The move comes as the state recorded another COVID-linked death and 1,358 new cases of the virus.
The fatal case was a man in his 80s, SA Health said in its latest daily update.
The SA government today removed a guideline that had capped the number of non-essential public sector workers in offices at 50 per cent.
Treasurer and Public Sector Minister Rob Lucas authorised the move, which follows the relaxation of other social distancing measures over the weekend and is partly intended to boost economic activity in Adelaide's CBD.
Mr Lucas said significantly more than 50 per cent of affected employees had switched to working from home, and it was unlikely that offices would return to 100 per cent capacity.
"Safely managed, we'll see more people coming back into the city and resuming their usual work-life arrangements, and that will only be good for the vibrancy of the CBD," he said.
"We're not expecting anywhere near 100 per cent of people to come back to the office because I think there's a work-life balance issue that has certainly been entered into.
Restrictions at hospitality venues eased over the weekend, with dancing and singing now allowed at private functions with a cap of 150 people.
All elective surgery across public and private sectors is now back, after remaining restrictions were lifted at midnight.
The number of current active COVID-19 cases in South Australia is 15,432. Today was the fourth consecutive day the figure had been higher than 15,000.
The total case load began increasing again last week. There were fewer than 13,000 a week ago.
There are currently 109 people with COVID-19 in hospital.
That figure includes 10 who are in intensive care. Two people are on ventilators.
The latest cases take South Australia's total since the start of the pandemic to 147,871.
There have been 177 deaths.
SA Health said boosters had been administered to almost 68 per cent of the state's eligible population.
