WA Health reports a total of 3,896 new cases as of 8pm last night. There are currently 31,679 active cases in Western Australia.
As of 6 p.m. last night, there were 280 people with COVID-19 in the hospital, 14 in the ICU.
Unfortunately, today’s report includes 14 deaths, dating back to June 3, which were reported yesterday to WA Health.
This includes three men in their 90s, three men and two women in their 80s, three men and a woman in their 70s, a woman in their 60s and a woman in their 50s.
Due to confidentiality requirements, the Department will not provide further information on such cases.
Total breakdown of cases:
Active Region (new at 20:00 last night) Metropolitan 25,755 (3,221) Goldfields 530 (69) Great Southern 609 (75) Kimberley 192 (17) Midwest 890 (123) Pilbara 466 (57) Southwest 2.1694 (belt))
Notes
- These data are based on the residential zip code of each case. The case may have an isolation address in another region.
- The remaining reported daily cases (86) do not yet have an assigned region. The data will continue to be reconfigured as this information is verified.
Of the 3,896 cases, 1,402 were confirmed by PCR testing, the remaining 2,584 were self-reported positive antigen rapid tests.
A total of 4,791 PCR tests were performed yesterday in public or private pathology clinics.
WA has reported 851,776 cases since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
Anyone with symptoms should be tested immediately and isolated until they receive a negative result. Visit the HealthyWA website for a complete list of test clinics and opening hours (external site).
Vaccines against COVID-19
Vaccination information is available on the WA COVID-19 control panel (external site). *
People are advised to make a reservation using Vaccinate WA.
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