COVID-19 update - 31 March 2020

The Department of Health has reported nine new cases of COVID-19 overnight, bringing the State's total to 364.

All the new cases are from the Perth metropolitan area and all are self-isolating at home.

Four of the confirmed cases are travellers who have returned from overseas and three are close contacts of overseas travellers.

There are currently 54 confirmed COVID-19 patients in Perth metropolitan hospitals, with 12 in ICU.

The number of recovered cases in WA is now 48.

To date, 14,340 Western Australians have tested negative for COVID-19 – 1,946 of these are from regional WA.

See WA Health's HealthyWA website for the latest information on COVID-19 and self-isolation.

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