WA records no new COVID-19 cases in community

Western Australia has recorded no new cases of community transmission on the first day of Perth’s lockdown with Premier Mark McGowan urging people to support small businesses. "People have largely listened to the instructions and done the right thing. I encourage everyone to support our small businesses as much as possible over the next few days,” Mr McGowan said on Saturday. Mr McGowan also mentioned the cases recorded in quarantine. “This includes the one local case of a woman in her 40s who was the close contact of the Victorian man that we reported yesterday. The other relates to a woman in her 50s who was a returned traveller from India, in hotel quarantine. This means there are no new local cases of COVID-19 other than those ones we reported yesterday. “In total to date, we have identified 337 contacts, including 71 close contacts. They have all been tested or will be today. They will remain in quarantine. So far 27 close contacts have tested negative. “There are currently 109 casual contacts with 60 of those returning a negative result so far. In addition, there are currently 157 other contacts, which are pending classification by our public health team.” Via news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site https://www.news.com.au