The state saw a dramatic drop in testing with 7,700 tests conducted in the past 24 hours compared to the nearly 14,000 tests carried out the previous day.
Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant on 2GB radio this morning encouraged anyone with the slightest symptoms to get tested, saying “what we want to make sure is that there is no other transmission occurring in the community that we’re missing”. “Now as you know it can be quite mild COVID and so people might be putting off getting a test, so the more testing I can see this week it will really give us a sense that we’ve not missed any transmission and that will be a great reprieve for everyone.
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