WA Health is reporting no cases of COVID-19 in the State.
The State’s total remains at 1112. There are no active confirmed cases in WA. To date, 1103 people have recovered from the virus in WA.
WA Health is monitoring 126 close and casual contacts who have been to exposure sites in the Northern Territory and Queensland and have recently returned to Western Australia. This comes after several locally acquired cases were detected in those states last week.
To date, 123 people have returned negative test results. Testing of remaining contacts continues. Effective immediately, anyone who has been at the listed venues at the specified times in Queensland or the Northern Territory are required to self-quarantine for 14 days, get tested immediately (within 48 hours) and at day 12.
People travelling from Darwin, Katherine, Brisbane, Cairns or Goondiwindi areas, who are experiencing any symptoms, even mild, that could be related to COVID-19, should get tested and quarantine until they return a negative test.
Testing clinics
Yesterday, 122 people were swabbed at State-run clinics. To date, there have been 1,900,151 COVID-19 tests performed in WA. Of those, 218,367 were in regional WA.
A list of all testing clinics is available on the HealthyWA website.
COVID-19 vaccinations*
Yesterday, 21,198 COVID-19 vaccine doses were recorded in WA – 12,823 of these were second doses. The total includes 4016 historic COVID-19 vaccine doses*. These figures represent COVID-19 vaccinations at State-run clinics and doses given as part of the Commonwealth rollout**.
For the latest WA vaccination figures, visit the COVID-19 Coronavirus: Vaccination dashboard (external site)**.
Bookings are preferred but appointments are no longer required at State-run clinics in metropolitan Perth and regional areas.
Vaccination information:
Mandatory vaccinations apply to the following workers based on the latest public health advice. Further details are available online.
New Directions have been published:
The Directions define the workforce affected and work sites and sets deadlines for workers to provide their COVID-19 vaccination evidence.
Previously published Directions:
Directions are being drafted to make vaccinations mandatory for most occupations and workforces in Western Australia.
Border controls
Information about border controls is available online.
Variants
To date, 175 cases of variant strains have been detected in Western Australia – including 53 Alpha strain, 15 Beta strain, one Gamma strain and 106 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.