Western Australia coronovirus update as at 26 May 2021

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

The State’s total remains at 1017.

WA Health is monitoring two active cases of COVID-19 ­– 1006 people have recovered from the virus in WA.

WA Health has also issued advice for travellers who have recently returned from Victoria, as a public health alert has been issued for parts of Melbourne.

Anyone who has travelled from Victoria is asked to continue to monitor the Vic Health website for updated exposure locations.

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

Yesterday, 607 people were assessed for testing and swabbed at WA Health COVID clinics.

There have been 1,165,910 COVID-19 tests performed in WA. Of those, 150,313 were from regional WA.

To date, 96 cases of variant strains have been detected in Western Australia – 53 of the B.1.1.7 strain, 15 of the B.1.351 strain, 27 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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