22 August 2020

COVID-19 update – 22 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 607 people presented to WA COVID-19 clinics – 584 were assessed and swabbed.

There have been 301,716 COVID-19 tests performed in WA. Of those tested, 49,988 were from regional WA.*

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


* Note: Testing numbers will next be updated on Monday.

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