COVID-19 update – 24 December 2020

The Department of Health has today reported one new case of COVID-19 in Western Australia, bringing the State’s total to 847.

The confirmed case is a man in his 40s who returned to Perth from the UK. He is in hotel quarantine.

WA Health is monitoring 8 active cases and 830 people have recovered from the virus in WA.

Yesterday 730 people presented to WA COVID clinics – 718 were assessed and swabbed.

There have been 612,889 COVID-19 tests performed in WA. Of those tested, 99,437 were from regional WA.

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