WA Health has no new reported cases of COVID-19 cases overnight.
The State’s total now stands at 1086. To date, 1053 people have recovered from the virus in WA.
WA Health is now monitoring 24 active COVID-19 cases, comprising five in hotel quarantine (five cases diagnosed in WA plus two cases diagnosed in NSW); and 19 cases are crew members on the MV Ken Hou vessel.
Two NSW truck drivers reported as positive cases on Friday, 27 August remain in hotel quarantine. They will be included in the New South Wales statistics, as they tested positive in that State.
Twenty-four contacts of the two truck drivers have now been identified from exposure sites within WA have returned an initial negative test result. They remain in home quarantine.
A list of exposure sites (external site) related to the NSW truck drivers has been published on the HealthyWA website. Please continue to check the site in case more exposure sites are added. Anyone who visited these sites at the specified times and dates must:
- quarantine immediately for 14 days and get tested on day’s two and 12
- contact 13 COVID (13 26843).
Regional testing is available at:
- Norseman Hospital – 8am to 6pm
- Southern Cross – 24/7 – phone ahead on 9081 2222
- Kalgoorlie Health Campus, 8am to 6pm.
Metropolitan testing locations are available on the HealthyWA website.
Testing clinics
Yesterday, 650 people were swabbed at State-run clinics. A list of all testing clinics is available on the HealthyWA website. To date, there have been 1,650,000 COVID-19 tests performed in WA. Of those, 195,853 were from regional WA.
Vaccination
Since vaccination numbers were reported on Friday, 27 August, 59,921 vaccine doses were recorded in WA, of which 28,161 were second doses. The total includes 6432 historic vaccine doses*. These figures represent vaccinations at State-run clinics and doses administered through the Commonwealth rollout**.
For the latest WA vaccination figures, visit the COVID-19 Coronavirus: Vaccination dashboard (external site)**.
Donations to Afghan evacuees
The State Government is continuing to work with its community sector partners to support evacuees from Afghanistan who have recently arrived in Perth.
While many members of the Western Australian community are keen to show their support through the donation of goods and food, these donations are not needed at this time and will not be accepted at quarantine hotels.
There are strict COVID safety restrictions at WA hotel quarantine facilities and it is important that people do not visit these locations, especially during quarantine periods.
The best way to can help is to make a financial donation through the Australian Red Cross Afghanistan Crisis Appeal (external site).
Border controls
New Zealand
In line with all other Australian jurisdictions, travel from New Zealand will now be treated as travel from an international location. Approved travellers are required to enter 14 days of hotel quarantine.
New South Wales
Based on the latest health advice, New South Wales has been elevated to the extreme risk (external site) category. This means travel from New South Wales to Western Australia is not permitted, except for:
- Commonwealth and State officials
- Members of Parliament
- diplomats
- specialist or extraordinary circumstances determined by the State Emergency Coordinator or the Chief Health Officer.
Travellers approved under specialist or extraordinary circumstances are subject to the following conditions, unless otherwise advised. They must:
- undertake mandatory hotel quarantine at a State quarantine facility for 14 days at their own expense.
- get tested for COVID-19 on days one, five and 13.
- return a negative COVID-19 PCR test in 72 hours.
- have receipt of at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, if eligible.
Under the extreme risk setting, if a Western Australian returning from overseas falls into one of the above categories, is approved to enter WA and has completed 14 days of supervised quarantine in NSW – they will also be required to undergo 14 days of self-quarantine in a suitable premises in WA.
Other States
Based on the latest health advice, Queensland has been transitioned to a low risk category (external site).
The Australian Capital Territory and Victoria are at medium risk (external site).
Tasmania and the Northern Territory are considered very low risk (external site).
Variants
To date, 149 cases of variant strains have been detected in Western Australia – including 53 Alpha strain, 15 Beta strain, one Gamma strain and 80 Delta strain.
Visit WA Health’s HealthyWA website for the latest information on COVID-19.
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* Historic vaccine doses are vaccinations that were administered up to 10 days before the current date but were recorded on the Australian Immunisation Register since the last report.
** WA vaccination data for the WA COVID-19 Vaccination Dashboard is sourced from the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR). AIR is a national register maintained by the Australian Government that records all vaccines given to all people in Australia. WA data includes all COVID-19 vaccinations in WA, whether administered by WA Health, Australian Government providers or other providers (including GPs). WA previously reported only WA Health data. Note that the dashboard does not update until after 2pm Monday to Friday. A vaccine dashboard data interpretation guide (external site) is also available to help you.