South Australia Premier Steven Marshall says a child under 2 years old with Covid-19 has died, amid the state recording 1,374 new cases. Photo / Sky News screenshot
A toddler infected with Covid-19 has died in South Australia.
"A Covid-positive child under the age of 2 has, sadly, passed away," Premier Steven Marshall told reporters on Thursday.
"This is still being determined as to the cause of death. Obviously, we will refer this to the coroner."
Marshall said if a person died while infected with Covid-19 it did not necessarily mean that was the cause of death.
"We will need to do that investigation," he said.
"Obviously, it's a tragic circumstance for the family."
Marshall said he was "not prepared" to say whether the child was being treated in hospital before their death.
"The family is obviously in a great deal of distress at the moment," he said.
The child is the sixth person with Covid-19 to die in South Australia since the start of the pandemic.
A Covid-positive woman, aged in her 90s, died in Adelaide on Sunday.
South Australia recorded 1374 new positive cases overnight, which was a slight reduction on Wednesday's numbers.
The Premier also revealed there were still 37 people in hospital, with four people in intensive care and one of them on a ventilator.
He urged people to get their booster shots.
"It still remains a massive logistical exercise to get so many people vaccinated in such a short period of time," the premier said.
Simone White, 28, is the fifth tourist to have died after becoming ill last week.