COVID-19 update – 16 November 2020

The Department of Health has today reported one new case of COVID-19 in Western Australia.

The confirmed case is a woman in her 30s who returned to Perth from overseas. She is in hotel quarantine.

The State’s positive COVID-19 case total stands at 788. WA Health is monitoring 13 active cases and 766 confirmed cases have recovered from the virus in WA.

Yesterday 472 people presented to WA COVID-19 clinics – 467 were assessed and swabbed.

There have been 518,749 COVID-19 tests performed in WA. Of those tested, 86,699 were from regional WA.

Visit WA Health’s HealthyWA website for the latest information on COVID-19. 

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