The Department of Health has reported seven new cases of COVID-19 overnight – all of whom are in hotel quarantine after arriving from overseas.
The new cases include a mother in her 30s and her young daughter and five males in their 30s, 40s and 50s.
The State’s total number now stands at 964.
WA Health is monitoring 17 active cases of COVID-19 and 938 people have recovered from the virus in WA.
To date, the WA Department of Health has administered 70,584 COVID-19 vaccinations, including 13,827 people who have received both doses. Yesterday, 1680 people were vaccinated.
The Commonwealth Government vaccination national roll-out figures can be found on the Australian Department of Health website (external site).
Yesterday, 406 people were assessed and swabbed at WA Health COVID clinics.
There have been 977,434 COVID-19 tests performed in WA. Of those, 135,982 were from regional WA.
To date, 45 cases of variant strains have been detected in Western Australia – 32 of the B.1.1.7 strain, 12 of the B.1.351 strain and one of the P1 variant (Brazilian variant).
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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.