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Two COVID-19 deaths in South Australia as new cases fall to 1,165

Premier Steven Marshall thanked people for getting vaccinated. (ABC News)

Two elderly women with COVID-19 have died in South Australia, as the number of new cases has dropped again.

SA Health says two women in their 80s, who had tested positive for COVID-19, have died of the illness.

There were 1,165 new cases of COVID-19 reported in the state today, down from 1,372 on Saturday.

The figure is the second-lowest since the start of the year.

A total of 211 people with COVID-19 are in hospital, with 17 of those in intensive care and five on a ventilator.

Premier Steven Marshall said South Australia had recorded five straight days of declining COVID-positive patients.

He said the trend was promising, given restrictions had slowly eased in recent weeks.

"This is fantastic news for our state because we have been easing those restrictions, but the good news is people are abiding by the remaining restrictions, going off and getting themselves tested if they develop any symptoms and, of course, massively increasing the vaccination rate," he said.

Almost 92 per cent of South Australians aged 12 or over have received at least two COVID-19 vaccination doses.

Students return to classrooms on Monday for years 2–6 and 9–11, after other grades went back in-person on February 2.

Data shows many older Australians haven't had their booster
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