15 June 2021

COVID-19 update 15 June 2021

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

A woman, in her 30s, recently returned from overseas and is in hotel quarantine.

The State’s total is now 1019.

WA Health is monitoring one active case of COVID-19 ­– 1009 people have recovered from the virus in WA.

Yesterday, 795 people were swabbed at WA Health COVID clinics.

There have been 1,242,607 COVID-19 tests performed in WA. Of those, 158,267 were from regional WA.

Western Australians have responded positively following the State Government’s decision to provide people 30 to 49 years with access to COVID-19 vaccinations.

More than 100,000 people have booked a vaccination appointment with WA Health since the announcement on 8 June. Information about vaccine eligibility and bookings is available at HealthyWA.

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

To date, 96 cases of variant strains have been detected in Western Australia – 53 of the Alpha (UK variant) strain, 15 of the Beta (South African variant) strain, one of the Gamma (Brazilian variant) strain and 27 of the Delta (Indian variant) strain.

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

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

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*Note 1: 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 2pm Monday to Friday. A vaccine dashboard data interpretation guide is also available to help you.