25 March 2020

COVID-19 update – 25 March 2020

The Department of Health has reported 30 new cases of COVID-19 overnight, bringing the State’s total to 205.

The new cases include 18 males and 12 females, aged between 21 and 80.

Eight of these new cases have come from regional Western Australia. Four cases are from the Southwest, with one new case in the Kimberley, Wheatbelt, Pilbara and Great Southern.

The Department is in the process of interviewing these new cases to determine their travel history and to identify their close contacts.

Of these 30 cases five are passengers from cruise ships

Travel history for other confirmed cases includes UK, Spain and Central America

To date, 10,783 Western Australians have tested negative for COVID-19 – 1,400 of these are from regional WA.

See WA Health’s HealthyWA website for the latest information on COVID-19 and self-isolation.

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