The information on this page is updated regularly.
The following information relates to the Essential Traveller Category 4: Specialist skills critical to maintaining key industries or businesses. See Essential Traveller categories for more information.
This includes time critical, specialist or locally unavailable essential workers who have been granted exemption from the 14 day quarantine period upon entering Tasmania. Additional conditions apply to Essential Travellers while in the State.
Exemptions granted on 8 October 2020
| Origin | Number |
|---|---|
| Non-affected region | 19 |
| Affected region or premises | 2 |
| Industry breakdown | Granted on 8 October 2020 | Total since 26 August 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| Trade/Construction | 1 | 64 |
| Food supply/Freight | 5 | 29 |
| Utilities/Infrastructure | 8 | 114 |
| Medical | 2 | 64 |
| Agriculture/Aquaculture | 0 | 46 |
| Mining/Manufacturing | 2 | 52 |
| Tourism/Hospitality | 1 | 11 |
| Other (includes community, government, entertainment and aviation sectors) | 2 | 43 |
| All industries | 21 | 423 |
As at 6pm, 8 October 2020
Laboratory tests | Number |
|---|---|
| Laboratory tests completed in the past 24 hours | 645 |
| Total laboratory tests | 107,802 |
Source: Public Health Services. Information will be updated each weekday.
As at 6pm, 1 October 2020
| Cases in Tasmania | Number |
|---|---|
| New cases in past 24 hours | 0 |
| Total cases | 228 |
| Active | 0 |
| Recovered | 215 |
| Deaths | 13 |
Source: Public Health Services.