COVID-19 positive cases in the Limestone Coast least quadrupled in April, with Limestone Coast Local Health Network executive director of medical services Dr Elaine Pretorius saying positive cases climbed from 30 per day to between 120 and 150 per day.
despite this, only two weeks later, the public was allowed to finally unmask, with the masking rules relaxed in indoor settings.
It was announced across the Limestone Coast will have easier access to mental health services with $3.4m to be provided over the next four years to fund a free-to-low cost mental health service in Mount Gambier, known as Head to Health.
A dramatic rescue made headlines, with local fishermen coming to the rescue of two tourists when their boat capsized near Carpenter Rocks.
The two men from the Mornington Peninsula were attempting to check cray pots off Cape Banks when a wave caused the small dinghy to capsize in the water.
