Western Australia coronovirus update as at 29 May 2021

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

The State’s total stands at 1017.

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

The State Government 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.

Yesterday,1834 people were swabbed at WA Health COVID clinics with a further 1196 at private clinics.

A list of public and private testing clinics is available on the Healthy WA website.

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 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).**

There have been 1,169,715 COVID-19 tests performed in WA. Of those, 150,683 were from regional WA.

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

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