The Department of Health has reported no new cases of COVID-19 overnight.
The State’s total remains at 1016.
WA Health is monitoring five active cases of COVID-19 – 1002 people have recovered from the virus in WA.
To date, the WA Department of Health has administered 142,639 COVID-19 vaccinations, including 33,479 people who have received both doses. Yesterday, 3194 people were vaccinated.
Yesterday, 426 people were assessed for testing and swabbed at WA Health COVID clinics.
There have been 1,153,720 COVID-19 tests performed in WA. Of those, 149,404 were from regional WA.
To date, 95 cases of variant strains have been detected in Western Australia – 52 of the B.1.1.7 strain, 15 of the B.1.351 strain, 27 of the B.1.617 strain (Indian variant) and one of the P1 variant (Brazilian variant).
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Texas Governor Gregg Abbott signed a reactionary “heartbeat” abortion ban into law on Wednesday de-facto banning abortions, on the very same day that Quintin Jones was executed following a rejection by the Texas parole board to spare his life and Abbott’s decision to ignore Jones’s plea for clemency. The Republican governor’s actions mark a definite escalation of the assault on democratic rights in the United States.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Jones was convicted in 2001 for the murder of his great-aunt, Berthena Bryant. Bryant’s sole surviving sibling forgave Jones in a clemency petition, and both she and Jones’s twin brother asked the governor and the state pardons board to commute his sentence. Abbott and the pardons board ignored these appeals. Notably, media were not allowed to witness the execution, the first time reporters have not been present at a Texas execution in ov
The Department of Health has reported one new case of COVID-19 overnight.
A man in his 20s returning from overseas travel and is in hotel quarantine.
The State’s total now stands at 1016.
WA Health is monitoring seven active cases of COVID-19 – 1000 people have recovered from the virus in WA.
To date, the WA Department of Health has administered 139,289 COVID-19 vaccinations, including 32,368 people who have received both doses. Yesterday, 2751 people were vaccinated.
There have been 1,150,843 COVID-19 tests performed in WA. Of those, 149,103 were from regional WA.
To date, 95 cases of variant strains have been detected in Western Australia – 52 of the B.1.1.7 strain, 15 of the B.1.351 strain, 27 of the B.1.617 strain (Indian variant) and one of the P1 variant (Brazilian variant).
The Department of Health has reported no new cases of COVID-19 overnight.
The State’s total stands at 1015.
WA Health is monitoring 7 active cases of COVID-19 and 999 people have recovered from the virus in WA.
To date, the WA Department of Health has administered 129,294 COVID-19 vaccinations, including 29,657 people who have received both doses. Yesterday, 1,459 people were vaccinated.
Yesterday, 266 people were assessed for testing and swabbed at WA Health COVID clinics. In addition, 538 people were tested at private pathology clinics.
There have been 1,134,609 COVID-19 tests performed in WA. Of those, 147,463 were from regional WA.
To date, 95 cases of variant strains have been detected in Western Australia – 52 of the B.1.1.7 strain, 15 of the B.1.351 strain, 27 of the B.1.617 strain (Indian variant) and one of the P1 variant (Brazilian variant).