The death toll from COVID in WA has reached 300 since the start of the pandemic, following reports overnight that five more lives were lost.
The deaths, which date back to May 22, occur when daily COVID cases remained stable at 7,871 after a sharp rise in infections following the long weekend of WA day.
The new deaths were reported to WA Health on Tuesday and include a woman in her 50s, two men and a woman in her 80s and a man in his 70s.
Patients with COVID in the intensive care unit have increased to 16, from 293 hospitalized people.
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Admission to the ICU has risen last week, topping 15 since June 5th.
The Perth Tube recorded 6320 of the new cases, the Southwest 526 and the Midwest 242 and the Wheatbelt 183 and the Great Southern 167.
Daily cases were confirmed by 4968 rapid self-reported positive antigen tests and 2903 PCR tests out of a total of 10,397 performed.
WA has 38,420 active cases and has recorded 797,041 COVID infections since the pandemic began.
WA tourism pioneer James Kwan, 78, was the first Australian to succumb to the disease after being repatriated from the Diamond Princess cruise ship to Japan in February 2020.
WA’s first COVID death as a result of community transmission, an 80-year-old man, came in April 2020.