The Mount Gambier, Grant and Wattle Range areas were faced with stringent which included limits on home and private gatherings.
Reports come in the wake of a Mount Gambier woman testing positive to Covid-19 after returning from Victoria, with no new exposure sites or new cases linked to the case.
The restrictions, which also included a cap of two visitors to homes, 10 people at weddings and funerals and bans on sport have businesses hustling to reopen.
“People in those local government areas are free to return to the same activities as everyone else in South Australia,” Mr Stevens said.
“There are strong indications from wastewater analysis that there is Covid present in the Portland community and as a result of that... we are excluding the town of Portland from the cross-border travel area.”
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