Western Australia Covid update as at 3 August 2021

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

The State’s total remains at 1058.

There are 10 active COVID-19 cases being monitored by WA Health: two in hotel quarantine, five cases onboard the MV Darya Krishna, one onboard the MV BBC California and two MV Darya Krishna crew members remain in hospital.

One MV Darya Krishna crew member is in a stable condition ICU; the other is in a stable condition on a respiratory ward.

To date, 1039 people have recovered from the virus in WA.

Testing clinics

Yesterday, 1235 people were swabbed at State-run clinics. To date, there have been 1,524,097 COVID-19 tests performed in WA. Of those, 183,729 were from regional WA.

A list of testing clinics is available on the HealthyWA website.

Vaccination

Yesterday 12,407 people were administered with a vaccine dose – 8663 of those were second doses. These figures represent vaccinations at State-run clinics and doses given as part of the Commonwealth rollout.

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

Border controls

Western Australia has assessed New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and Victoria as medium risk (external site) states. The Australian Capital Territory is low risk (external site). The Northern Territory and Tasmania are considered very low risk (external site).

Variants

To date, 123 cases of variant strains have been detected in Western Australia – 53 Alpha strain, 15 Beta strain, one Gamma strain and 54 Delta strain.

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

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