South Australia has imposed a range of new local COVID-19 restrictions as the state faces a "significant risk" of local infections amid a growing number of virus cases around the country.
From midnight on Monday masks will be mandatory in high-risk settings, including aged care facilities and hospitals and will be highly recommended on public transport.
A new density arrangement of one person to every two square metres will be enforced in cafes, pubs, restaurants and other licensed venues while private gatherings, including weddings and funerals, will be limited to 150 people.
People consuming food and drink at indoor venues must be seated.
Premier Steven Marshall said it was hoped the new measures would only be required for a week.
But he said the government had to act quickly given the potential for the rapid spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19.
"Given the nature of the rapid spread of the Delta variant we have no option but to take pre-emptive action to keep South Australians safe," the premier said.
"We have to be very vigilant at the moment."
The new measures follow SA's move on Sunday to close its border to Queensland, WA, the NT and the ACT after previously locking out travellers from NSW.
Chief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier said all the new restrictions and rules tried to balance the risk to health with the economic and social impacts.
She said the measures were difficult for families, businesses and the wider community but people should not underestimate the seriousness of the current situation.
"This is not just a minimal risk. This is actually a really significant risk," Professor Spurrier said.
"If we get this Delta strain in our community, with the behaviours we have been used to up until this point, we will have a very serious problem that I can't promise we will get on top of.
"So this is trying to prevent a very serious problem happening. We are putting on a reasonably light set of restrictions for a relatively short period of time."
Police Commissioner Grant Stevens said it was better to take early action, than face the prospect of much harsher measures.
"If we sat on our hands and did nothing we'd be here in a week or so time where you'd be criticising us or expressing anger and disappointment on behalf of the community because we didn't take action to stop a full lockdown," Mr Stevens told reporters.
"We're in a much better position now to take proactive steps to slow things down so that we can respond more effectively and possibly minimise the risk of the virus spreading through South Australia."
SA reported no new virus cases on Monday and has just nine active infections, all in returned travellers who are in hotel quarantine.
Checks on all 29 miners who returned recently from the Northern Territory also returned negative results.
The workers were among 900 fly-in-fly-out personnel who recently left the Granites mine, north of Alice Springs, where one person tested positive last week.
Several more cases have now been linked to the mine.
SA Health said the miners remained in isolation, along with their families.
South Australia beefs up local virus rules - 7NEWS.com.au
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