COVID-19 update – 7 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 40s who travelled to Perth from overseas. He is in hotel quarantine.

The State has now recorded a total of 688 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

There nine active cases being monitored and 670 people have recovered from the virus in WA.

Yesterday 880 people presented to WA COVID-19 clinics – 864 were assessed and 863 swabbed.

There have been 437,264 COVID-19 tests performed in WA. Of those tested, 74,630 were from regional WA.

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