Western Australia Covid update as at 8 November 2021

WA Health is reporting no cases of COVID-19 in the State.

The State’s total remains at 1112. To date, 1103 people have recovered from the virus in WA.

WA Health is monitoring 56 close and casual contacts who have been to exposure sites in the Northern Territory and Queensland and have recently returned to Western Australia. This comes after several locally acquired cases were detected in those states last week. To date, 25 people have returned negative test results. Testing of remaining contacts continues.

Effective immediately, anyone who has been at the listed venues at the specified times in Queensland or the Northern Territory will be required to self-quarantine for 14 days, get tested immediately (within 48 hours) and at day 12.

WA residents returning from Darwin, Katherine, Brisbane or Goondiwindi areas, who are experiencing any symptoms, even mild, that could be related to COVID-19, should get tested and quarantine until they return a negative test.

Anyone who has been in the general vicinity of those sites, but not in the specific timeframe, should monitor their symptoms and present for testing if unwell.

Testing clinics

Yesterday, 195 people were swabbed at State-run clinics. To date, there have been 1,889,085 COVID-19 tests performed in WA. Of those, 217,426 were in regional WA.

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

COVID-19 vaccinations*

Since vaccination numbers were reported on Friday, 5 November, 55,303 COVID-19 vaccine doses were recorded in WA – 33,384 of these were second doses. The total includes 10,604 historic COVID-19 vaccine doses*. These figures represent COVID-19 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)**.

Bookings are preferred but appointments are no longer required at State-run clinics in metropolitan Perth and regional areas.

Vaccination information:

  • More than 28,000 Western Australians were vaccinated against COVID-19 at state-run clinics during the Super Vax Weekend.

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