COVID-19 update – 23 November 2020

The Department of Health has today reported five new cases of COVID-19 in Western Australia.

The confirmed cases – five females aged between 14 and 59 – returned to Perth from overseas. They are all in hotel quarantine.

The State’s total number of cases is now 804. WA Health is monitoring 21 active cases and 774 confirmed cases have recovered from the virus in WA.

Yesterday 516 people presented to WA COVID clinics -- 513 were assessed and swabbed.

There have been 536,048 COVID-19 tests performed in WA. Of those tested, 89,018 were from regional WA.

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

An updated breakdown of cumulative COVID-19 tests performed in WA will be released on Monday.