Western Australia coronovirus update as at 13 May 2021

The Department of Health has reported no new cases of COVID-19 overnight.

The State’s total remains at 1015.

WA Health is monitoring 13 active cases of COVID-19 and 993 people have recovered from the virus in WA.

To date, the WA Department of Health has administered 122,069 COVID-19 vaccinations, including 28,338 people who have received both doses. Yesterday, 2,097 people were vaccinated.

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

Yesterday, 483 people were assessed for testing and swabbed at WA Health COVID clinics. In addition, 1,139 people were tested at private pathology clinics.

There have been 1,131,460 COVID-19 tests performed in WA. Of those, 147,141 were from regional WA.

To date, 93 cases of variant strains have been detected in Western Australia – 52 of the B.1.1.7 strain,15 of the B.1.351 strain, 25 of the B.1.617 strain (Indian variant) and one of the P1 variant (Brazilian variant).

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

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