WA Health is reporting a total of 68 new cases to 8pm last night. Of these, 38 are local cases and 25 are travel related. The remaining five are currently being interviewed.
Today’s new cases include 10 self-reported positive RATs.
WA Health continues to work closely with The Juniper Residential Aged Care Facility and the Commonwealth Government on the Bentley COVID-19 outbreak.
As of 8pm yesterday evening there were 17 cases associated with the Juniper Aged Care Outbreak, with eight of these residents; two staff of the facility, and the remaining seven close contacts of positive residents or staff. All cases and their identified close contacts are in quarantine.
Today’s figures bring the State’s total number of active COVID-19 cases to 506. There are currently no cases in hospital.
WA has recorded 2,253 cases since the COVID-19 pandemic began, with 1,737 recovering from the virus.
Testing advice and exposure sites
Anyone in the Perth, Peel, Wheatbelt and the South West regions – experiencing any symptoms should get tested immediately and isolate until they receive a negative result. This applies to anyone symptomatic – even if you have not visited a listed exposure site.
A full list of testing clinics and opening hours is available on HealthyWA website.
WA Health’s contact tracing team continues to identify high risk exposure sites linked to new cases. Please continue to regularly check the HealthyWA website for updated or new exposure sites.
People who receive a text message from WA Health advising they have attended an exposure site must follow the instructions, even if the site is not listed on HealthyWA.
Testing figures
4,395 people received PCR tests at state-run and private pathology clinics yesterday.
SafeWA
Yesterday, 2,418,442 scans were recorded on the SafeWA app.
COVID-19 vaccinations
Yesterday, 9,160 vaccinations were administered at State-run clinics.
On Monday, WA Health will provide a weekend total for vaccinations administered.
A third dose “vaccination blitz” is underway. During this time an extra 40,000 appointments are available at State-run clinics.
This will boost weekly capacity of State-run clinics to around 100,000 doses.
Demand for vaccinations and third doses is increasing. To spread the demand across clinic operating hours and to avoid excessive wait times, people are encouraged to make a booking via Vaccinate WA.
Based on the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) recommendations, Western Australians 16 years and older are eligible for their COVID-19 booster vaccination, three months following their second dose.
Vaccination is the best defence against serious illness or death relating to COVID-19 and we encourage everyone that is eligible for their third dose not to delay and to book an appointment on VaccinateWA.
Vaccinations are also available at GPs, pharmacies and community clinics.
For the latest WA vaccination figures, visit the COVID-19 Coronavirus: Vaccination dashboard (external site)**. For the latest Commonwealth data visit the Vaccination Numbers and Statistics website.
Vessels
WA Health is monitoring the condition of crew onboard the Ballard, a tanker vessel off the South West coast. Authorities are in regular contact with the tanker, which is to be anchored off Bunbury until it is given approval to berth and offload.
Border controls
Information about Western Australia’s controlled border arrangements, conditions of entry and quarantine is available online.
Variants
To date, 671 cases of variant strains have been detected in Western Australia – including 464 Omicron strain, 53 Alpha strain, 15 Beta strain, one Gamma strain and 138 Delta strain.
Visit WA Health’s HealthyWA website for the latest information on COVID-19.
**A vaccine dashboard data interpretation guide (external site) is also available to help you.