WA Health is reporting one new case of COVID-19 overnight. This case was reported in yesterday’s statement but is recorded in today’s official numbers.
The case is linked to the family of a returned diplomat. All are in hotel quarantine.
Contact tracing has identified 50 close and casual contacts. So far, 41 have tested negative to COVID-19 with eight results pending.
All contacts remain in self-quarantine for 14 days and will be managed by WA Health public health officials.
The State’s total stands at 1110. To date, 1085 people have recovered from the virus in WA.
As of 8pm last night, WA Health was monitoring 16 active cases of COVID-19, including four people who are in hotel quarantine, six in Fiona Stanley Hospital from the vessel, MV Stolt Sakura, and six aboard the Sakura.
Vessel update
Of the six hospitalised MV Stolt Sakura crew members, two remain in ICU – one person is in a serious condition and the other person is listed as serious but stable.
The other four crew members are being managed on a respiratory ward and are in a stable condition.
A crew member has been transferred to hotel quarantine this morning. While his condition has not deteriorated to a stage where hospitalisation is required, this will provide him with greater access to monitoring of his health status.
At this stage it is expected that the other crew members will remain in isolation or quarantine on board the vessel unless they need to be transferred for medical treatment. WA Health will continue to work with the vessel and key maritime stakeholders regarding its ongoing management.
Adelaide
WA Health has contacted Western Australian travellers from Virgin flight VA722 from Adelaide to Perth at 18:00 hours on Friday 1 October following Adelaide Airport being listed as an exposure site.
They have been instructed to get tested and isolate until they return a negative result.
This is in relation to a person who travelled from Victoria to South Australia, arriving at 17:25 hours in Adelaide on Friday 1 October, who returned a positive COVID-19 test.
To date, WA Health has commenced follow-up and testing of 56 passengers, considered to be casual contacts, with 56 returning a negative result so far.
Anyone who has been to an exposure location listed on the should quarantine until they have been advised otherwise by Public Health.
Testing clinics
Yesterday, 592 people were swabbed at State-run clinics. To date, there have been 1,784,983 COVID-19 tests performed in WA. Of those, 208,465 are from regional WA.
A list of all is available on the HealthyWA website.
COVID-19 vaccinations*
Since vaccination numbers were reported yesterday, 24,183COVID-19 vaccine doses were recorded in WA – 11,419 of these were second doses. The total includes 4982 historic COVID-19 vaccine doses*. These figures represent COVID-19 vaccinations at State-run clinics and doses given as part of the Commonwealth rollout**.
