11 July 2021

COVID-19 update 11 July 2021

WA Health has reported two new cases of COVID-19 overnight.

The State's total is now 1035.

The new cases are a woman in her 30s who has recently returned from overseas and a 9-year-old who is a known, close contact of a previously confirmed case. Both are in hotel quarantine.

WA Health is now monitoring 12 active COVID-19 cases.

Five of these cases linked to the Perth northern suburbs cluster, six to hotel quarantine, and one, the seafarer transferred from the MV Emerald Indah.

Two of these cases are now in Perth hospitals.

A man in his 30's was transferred from hotel quarantine to Royal Perth Hospital yesterday where he is in a stable condition.

The seafarer from the MV Emerald Indah remains isolated in Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in a stable condition.

The one close contact, who remains in quarantine, and 55 casual contacts identified in Geraldton and linked to the seafarer's case, have all now received a negative COVID-19 test result. Additional testing for these contacts will be conducted over the following days.

All close and casual contacts identified in the northern suburb's community cluster have also now tested negative.

To date, 1,014 people have recovered from the virus in WA.

Testing clinics

Yesterday, 3,894 people were swabbed.

A list of testing clinics is available on the HealthyWA website.

Vaccination

For the latest WA vaccination figures, visit the COVID-19 Coronavirus: Vaccination dashboard (external site).*

Tasmania

WA Health has issued updated advice for travellers who have recently returned from Tasmania, after a public health alert was issued for parts of that state yesterday.

The Tasmanian Department of Health has released a list of sites (external site) that were visited by a person who tested positive for COVID-19 two days after they left the state and arrived in London.

While the risk to the Western Australian community is considered to be extremely low - anyone who has recently arrived into WA from Tasmania and has been to one of the exposure sites during the relevant times is required to get tested, then present for 48-hour and 11-day testing.

Border controls

Information about border controls (external site) is available online.

Variants

To date, 105 cases of variant strains have been detected in Western Australia – 53 Alpha strain, 15 Beta strain, one Gamma strain and 36 Delta strain.

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

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Notes:

* WA vaccination data for the WA COVID-19 Vaccination Dashboard is sourced from the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR). AIR is a national register maintained by the Australian Government that records all vaccines given to all people in Australia. WA data includes all COVID-19 vaccinations in WA, whether administered by WA Health, Australian Government providers or other providers (including GPs). WA previously reported only WA Health data. Note that the dashboard does not update until after 2.00 pm Monday to Friday. A vaccine dashboard data interpretation guide (external site) is also available to help you.

* Note: Cumulative testing and daily vaccination data will be updated on Monday.