A Covid Update for Freo Folk!

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

The new cases are males in their 20s and 30s arriving from overseas. Both are now in hotel quarantine.

The State’s total number now stands at 950.

WA Health is monitoring 18 active cases of COVID-19 and 923 people have recovered from the virus in WA.

To date, the WA Department of Health has administered 57,464 COVID-19 vaccinations, including 8684 people who have received both doses. Yesterday, 446 people were vaccinated.

The Commonwealth Government vaccination national roll-out figures can be found on the Australian Department of Health website (external site).

There have been 955,072 COVID-19 tests performed in WA. Of those, 133,001 were from regional WA.

To date, 41 cases of variant strains have been detected in Western Australia – 29 of the B.1.1.7 strain,11 of the B.1.351 strain and one of the P1 variant (Brazilian variant).