WA Health reports a total of 7,100 new cases as of 8pm last night. There are currently 62,604 active cases in Western Australia.
As of 8pm last night, there were 315 people with COVID-19 in the hospital, 8 in the ICU.
Unfortunately, today’s report includes seven deaths, dating back to April 9, that were reported yesterday to WA Health: a man in his 60s, a man and a woman in his 70s, a man of about 80 and two men and a woman. in his 90s.
Due to confidentiality requirements, the Department will not provide further information on such cases.
Total breakdown of cases:
Active Region (nine o’clock at 20:00 last night) Metropolitan 50,233 (5,686) Goldfields 1,049 (147) Great Southern 1,347 (144) Kimberley 502 (51) Midwest 1,365 (158) Pilbara 1,165 (1,165, 147) West (1,165, 153))
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 (81) do not yet have an assigned region. The data will continue to be reconfigured as this information is verified.
Of the 7,100 cases, 2,523 were confirmed by PCR testing, the remaining 4,577 were self-reported positive antigen rapid tests.
A total of 7,627 PCR tests were performed yesterday in public or private pathology clinics.
WA has reported 721,110 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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