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 16 & 17 January 2021
| Origin | Number |
|---|---|
| Medium-risk area | 1 |
| High-risk area | 0 |
| Industry breakdown | Granted on 16 & 17 January 2021 | Total since 26 August 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| Trade/Construction | 0 | 149 |
| Food supply/Freight | 1 | 73 |
| Utilities/Infrastructure | 0 | 234 |
| Medical | 0 | 133 |
| Agriculture/Aquaculture | 0 | 145 |
| Mining/Manufacturing | 0 | 139 |
| Tourism/Hospitality | 0 | 27 |
| Other (includes community, government, entertainment and aviation sectors) | 0 | 119 |
| All industries | 1 | 1019 |
As at 6pm, 17 January 2021
New Cases | Total Active Cases | Total Case to Date | ||
Locally acquired | Overseas acquired | Locally acquired | Overseas acquired | |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 232 |
Laboratory Tests Completed in the last 24 hours | Total Laboratory Tests | Cases Recovered |
401 | 153,691 | 219 |
Hospital Inpatients | ICU Patients | Total Deaths |
0 | 0 | 13 |
Source: Public Health Services. Data from the latest round of testing (finalised at 6pm each day) will be published by 9am the following day. Public Health Services advised there were some discrepancies in the published tests figures for the period 9 - 13 January 2021 and these figures have now been corrected as at 13 January 2021.
As at 6pm, 17 January 2021
| Hotel location | International arrivals (repatriations, seasonal workers & Antarctic workers) | Travellers from high or medium-risk areas / premises | Total since 30 March 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South | 186 | 44 | 5,003 |
| North | 0 | 13 | 2,223 |
| North West | 0 | 7 | 2,101 |
Source: Department of Communities Tasmania. Statistics are updated every Monday.