20 August 2020

COVID-19 update – 20 August 2020

The Department of Health has reported no new cases of COVID-19 in Western Australia overnight.

The State’s total remains at 651.

WA has nine active COVID-19 cases – all are Western Australians who have returned from overseas travel.

To date, 633 confirmed cases have recovered from the virus in WA.

Yesterday 628 people presented to WA COVID-19 clinics – 597 were assessed and 588 were swabbed.

There have been 299,037 COVID-19 tests performed in WA. Of those tested, 49,603 were from regional WA.

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

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