West Australia has recorded its greatest leap in new COVID infections in nearly a month.
The Division of Well being introduced 4931 new circumstances in its weekly replace on Friday, the very best variety of new infections since September 23.
“Sadly, this week’s report back to 4pm yesterday contains 3 deaths, aged from 71 to 89 years, courting again to September 14, reported to WA Well being within the final week,” the Division stated in an announcement.
This week’s figures push the full variety of recorded infections to 1,168,975 in WA, for the reason that pandemic’s onset.
Friday’s figures come after the State Authorities introduced it is going to shut 4 public COVID-19 testing clinics as demand wanes for PCR exams.
The clinics at Rockingham Normal Hospital, Royal Perth Hospital, Broome Well being Campus and the Bunbury well being campus will all be shut down by October 28.
Public COVID-19 clinics at Joondalup and Murdoch will stay open.
WA Chief Well being Officer Andrew Robertson is as an alternative encouraging residents to make use of a speedy antigen check if they’ve COVID-19 signs.
“RATs are a protected, handy and quick choice to check for COVID-19,” Dr Robertson stated in an announcement.
