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Tim Dornin

The Parafield COVID-19 cluster in Adelaide

The Parafield cluster in Adelaide has grown by two COVID-19 cases to 22. (AAP)

DETAILS OF THE PARAFIELD COVID-19 OUTBREAK IN SA

* South Australia to go into a six-day lockdown from midnight with wide-ranging restrictions.

* The "circuit-breaker" measure will be followed by another eight days of some restrictions.

* Schools, universities, pubs, restaurants, cafes, factories, shopping centres and food courts will close.

* People will be required to stay home or only leave to get a COVID-19 test or to obtain groceries.

* All weddings, funerals and sport will be banned and aged care homes will go into lockdown.

* Masks will be mandatory outside the home.

* Regional travel will be banned, with anyone currently on holiday having until midnight to determine where they will stay for the next six days.

* The Parafield cluster has grown by two cases to 22 but seven more people are awaiting test results.

* More than 4000 people are in quarantine or home isolation.

* The outbreak was sparked by a woman who worked as a cleaner in the Peppers Hotel, one of Adelaide's quarantine facilities, who may have picked up the virus from a surface.

* The first case was identified when an 81-year-old woman tested positive at the Lyell McEwin Hospital on Saturday.

* Thousands have flocked to testing stations around Adelaide with more than 5000 swabs taken on Monday and more than 6000 on Tuesday.

* Staffing and hours to be expanded at testing stations with SA's contact tracing resources also boosted.

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