WA Health is reporting no new cases of COVID-19 overnight.
The State’s total remains at 1112. To date, 1101 people have recovered from the virus in WA.
As of last night, WA Health was monitoring two active COVID-19 cases, both of whom are in hotel quarantine.
Tasmania
WA Health continues to monitor the situation in Tasmania after a man in his 30s, who breached quarantine, tested positive for COVID-19.
Western Australians who have been at a listed venue at the specified times needs to self-quarantine for 14 days and be tested within 48 hours and at day 12.
Testing clinics
Yesterday, 283 people were swabbed at State-run clinics. To date, there have been 1,839,602 COVID-19 tests performed in WA. Of those, 213,566 were in regional WA.
A list of all testing clinics is available on the HealthyWA website.
COVID-19 vaccinations*
Yesterday, 26,872 COVID-19 vaccine doses were recorded in WA – 14,693 of these were second doses. The total includes 5,965 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)**.
As of this week, appointments are no longer required at State-run clinics in metropolitan Perth and regional areas.
An Aboriginal Family Day will be held at the Armadale clinic tomorrow, where all Aboriginal people aged 12 years and above will be welcomed to the clinic with a Welcome to Country, food and other activities provided. Aboriginal people can attend from 10am to 4.30pm.
Vaccination information:
Mandatory vaccinations apply to the following workers based on the latest public health advice. Further details are available online.
Health care workers
FIFO and other resource sector workers
Dunsborough school leavers
Freight, transport and logistics workers
Port workers who board or work with exposed vessels.
Directions are being drafted to make vaccinations mandatory for most occupations and workforces in Western Australia.
Border controls
The Premier announced yesterday that Queensland will remain classified as a ‘low risk’ jurisdiction.
Earlier this week, the State Government announced that Western Australia’s controlled interstate border was set to be safely adjusted, pending no further outbreaks, to allow for quarantine-free travel from Queensland, which was set to be permitted from tomorrow.
The transition has been paused and the decision will be reviewed on Monday, 25 October 2021.
Information about border controls is available online.
Variants
To date, 174 cases of variant strains have been detected in Western Australia – including 53 Alpha strain, 15 Beta strain, one Gamma strain and 105 Delta strain. Visit WA Health’s HealthyWA website for the latest information on COVID-19.
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* Historic vaccine doses are vaccinations that were administered up to 10 days before the current date but were recorded on the Australian Immunisation Register since the last report.
** 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.