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COVID-19 update 12 August 2021
WA Health is reporting no new COVID-19 cases today.
The State's total remains at 1059. To date, 1046 people have recovered from the virus in WA.
WA Health is monitoring four active COVID-19 cases: two in hotel quarantine, one quarantining at home and one in hospital – a crew member from the MV Darya Krishna, who remains in a critical but stable condition.
WA Health continues to monitor close and casual contacts of a WA FIFO worker who was a casual contact of a Queensland traveller at Perth Airport on 20 July. The traveller, who was refused entry to WA, returned to Queensland where he subsequently tested positive to COVID-19.
Of the 3192 close and casual contacts identified to date, 2519 have so far tested negative to COVID-19.
Anyone who visited an exposure location during the exposure periods is required to get tested immediately and self-quarantine until a negative result is received.
Yesterday, 1155 people were swabbed at State-run clinics. A list of all testing clinics is available on the HealthyWA website. To date, there have been 1,572,501 COVID-19 tests performed in WA. Of those, 188,131 were from regional WA.
People aged 30 to 39 are now able to register and book a vaccination appointment as part of WA Health's two-week vaccination blitz. Visit rollup.wa.gov.au, create a profile and then make an appointment.
There are currently numerous available appointments at the Claremont Vaccination Community Clinic but note that bookings are essential.
Yesterday, 21,966 people had a vaccine dose recorded which is the highest number to-date – 13,004 of those were second doses. These figures represent vaccinations at State-run clinics and doses given as part of the Commonwealth rollout.
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Western Australia has assessed New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and Victoria as medium risk (external site) states. The Australian Capital Territory is low risk (external site). The Northern Territory and Tasmania are considered very low risk (external site).
*Note: WA vaccination data for the WA COVID-19 Vaccination Dashboard is sourced from the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR). AIR is a national register maintained by the Australian Government that records all vaccines given to all people in Australia. WA data includes all COVID-19 vaccinations in WA, whether administered by WA Health, Australian Government providers or other providers (including GPs). WA previously reported only WA Health data. Note that the dashboard does not update until after 2pm Monday to Friday. A vaccine dashboard data interpretation guide (external site) is also available to help you.