WA Health is reporting one new case of COVID-19 overnight.
The fully vaccinated man, in his 30s, arrived from overseas and is now in hotel quarantine.
The State's total stands at 1111. To date, 1089 people have recovered from the virus in WA.
As of 8pm last night, WA Health was monitoring 13 active COVID-19 cases, including seven people who are in hotel quarantine, two in Fiona Stanley Hospital from the vessel MV Stolt Sakura, and four aboard the Sakura.
Truck driver
Contact tracing teams are following up 51 close and casual contacts (12 close contacts and 39 casual contacts) of a truck driver who tested positive to COVID-19 in Victoria on 5 October. So far 18 people have returned a negative COVID-19 test result with the other results pending. Close contacts are required to self-quarantine for 14 days.
The driver, who is now in South Australia, was in WA between 30 September and 3 October, was potentially infectious during this time.
The risk to the public is considered to be low.
A list of exposure site (external site) and corresponding public health advice is published on the HealthyWA website. Anyone with concerns can contact 13 COVID.
Vessel update
One of the hospitalised crewmen remains in ICU in a stable condition, while the other is on a respiratory ward, also in a stable condition. Yesterday, two crew members were discharged from hospital and transferred to hotel quarantine, while two more were transferred from the Sakura to hotel quarantine, bringing the total from the ship in hotel quarantine to six.
The other crew members remain in isolation on board the vessel. WA Health will continue to work with the vessel and key maritime stakeholders regarding its ongoing management.
Returned diplomat
The returned diplomat and family remain in a quarantine facility. Contact tracing has identified 50 close and casual contacts including one family member who tested positive, all others continue to test negative for COVID-19. All close contacts will remain in quarantine for 14 days and will be managed by WA Health public health officials.
Adelaide
To date, all casual contacts to a person aboard Virgin flight VA722 from Adelaide to Perth on Friday 1 October have returned a negative COVID-19 test. Anyone who has been to an exposure location listed on the SA website (external site) should quarantine until they have been advised otherwise by Public Health.
Testing clinics
Yesterday, 626 people were swabbed at State-run clinics. To date, there have been 1,808,611 COVID-19 tests performed in WA. Of those, 210,636 are from regional WA.
A list of all testing clinics is available on the HealthyWA website.
COVID-19 vaccinations*
Yesterday, 24,196 COVID-19 vaccine doses were recorded in WA – 11,494 of these were second doses. The total includes 6212 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)**.
Vaccination information:
- New and expanded COVID-19 vaccination clinics are opening across Perth including a new clinic at Perth Airport for FIFO workers, as well as pop-up clinics in Armadale and Mirrabooka.
- Walk-in appointments are available for everyone aged 12 years and over at the Claremont and Joondalup COVID-19 vaccination community clinics. =
- Walk-in community clinics are available for young people aged 16 years and over (year 11 and 12) and school staff (external site).
- Western Australian children aged 12 to 15 years are eligible for a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination (external site). Parents and guardians are encouraged to visit rollup.wa.gov.au (external site) to register and book appointments for their children in this age group.
