The Department of Health has today reported a single new case of COVID-19 overnight, bringing the State's total to 545.
The case – a male in his 50s from the Goldfields – is the contact of an existing confirmed case.
As with all new confirmed cases, contact tracing is underway to ensure close contacts are notified and self-isolating.
There are currently 28 confirmed COVID-19 patients in Perth metropolitan hospitals, six of whom are in ICU.
To date, 28,343 Western Australians have tested negative for COVID-19.
WA has 426 recovered cases, 48 of them from regional WA.
Visit WA Health's HealthyWA website for the latest information on COVID-19 and self-isolation.
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