COVID-19 update 1 March 2021

The Department of Health has reported no new cases of COVID-19 overnight.

The State’s total number of confirmed cases stands at 913.

WA Health is monitoring three active cases of COVID-19 and 901 people have recovered from the virus in WA.

Since WA’s COVID-19 vaccination program started last week 2862 people have received their first dose of the vaccine. 278 people were vaccinated yesterday.

Yesterday at WA Health COVID clinics 268 people presented for testing – 264 were assessed and swabbed.

To date, 25 cases of variant strains have been detected in Western Australia (17 B.1.1.7 of the strain and 8 or the B.1.351 strain).

Visit WA Health’s HealthyWA website for the latest information on COVID-19.

Note: The cases of variant strains reported above are not new cases. Genome sequencing – to define the strain of the virus – is a separate laboratory process carried out after someone tests positive to COVID-19. All cases, regardless of strain, are managed by WA’s public health experts. The strains previously reported as the UK variant strain and South African variant strain will now be referred to as B.1.1.7 and B.1.351 respectively.

The total number of COVID-19 tests performed in WA will be updated tomorrow (Tuesday 2 March).