Western Australia Covid update as at 17 August 2021

WA Health is reporting no new COVID-19 cases today.

The State's total is now 1061. To date, 1049 people have recovered from the virus in WA.

WA Health is monitoring three active COVID-19 cases: all are in hotel quarantine.

The seafarer from the MV Darya Krishna has been cleared of COVID-19 and remains in a stable condition in a Perth hospital.

Testing clinics

Yesterday, 1234 people were swabbed at State-run clinics. A list of all testing clinics is available on the HealthyWA website. To date, there have been 1,591,555 COVID-19 tests performed in WA. Of those, 189,761 were from regional WA.

Vaccination

More than 73,163 Western Australians aged 16 to 29-year-olds have registered and booked a COVID vaccination appointment at State-run clinics since WA's two-week vaccination blitz was announced yesterday.

It was also the first opportunity for people aged 12 years and over with underlying medical conditions; those who live in remote communities; or who are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

People in these cohorts can now start booking their vaccination appointment. Visit rollup.wa.gov.au, create a profile and then make an appointment.

To support the vaccination blitz, a new community vaccination clinic at the Perth Convention Exhibition Centre opened to the public on Monday. The clinic is open from 8.30am to 6.00pm seven days a week. From August 30, the clinic will open from 8.30am to 5.00pm, Monday through Saturday.

Since vaccination numbers were reported yesterday, 25,534 vaccine doses were recorded in WA, of which 13,836 were second doses. The total includes 6910 were historic vaccine doses*. These figures represent vaccinations at State-run clinics and doses administered through the Commonwealth rollout**.

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

Border controls

Effective immediately, all passengers arriving into Western Australia from Northern Territory are required to get tested immediately (within 48 hours) and isolate until they have received a negative result.

Any passenger who refuses to get tested will be required to self-isolate for 14 days.

Anyone who has been at the listed NT exposure venues on the dates and time specified are required to self-quarantine for 14 days and be tested immediately (within 48 hours) and again at day 11.

Anyone from the Darwin and Katherine areas who did not visit the venues and has arrived from August 12 to 16 is advised to get tested if they develop any symptoms that may be related to COVID-19.

WA transitioned New South Wales to high risk as of 12.01am today.

The Australian Capital Territory and Queensland are at medium risk, while South Australia is assessed as low risk. Tasmania is considered very low risk.

Variants

To date, 124 cases of variant strains have been detected in Western Australia – 53 Alpha strain, 15 Beta strain, one Gamma strain and 55 Delta strain.

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

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