COVID-19 update – 5 October 2020

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

The new confirmed case is a male in his 30s who travelled to Perth from Dubai. He is in hotel quarantine.

The State has now recorded a total of 687 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

There are 16 active cases being monitored and 662 people have recovered from the virus in WA.

Yesterday 581 people presented to WA COVID-19 clinics – 566 were assessed and swabbed.

There have been 430,897 COVID-19 tests performed in WA. Of those tested, 73,613 were from regional WA.

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