WA weekly COVID update: Week ending 18 January 2026
🔸COVID positivity rate: 1.2% est. (-1.0%)
🔹Reported cases: Decreased to 82 (-20.3%)
🔹Hospitalisation: Increased to 31 per day (+55.0%)
🔹ICU: 7-day average remained at 0
Source: https://health.wa.gov.au/Articles/F_I/Infectious-disease-data/Virus-Watch
Western Australia: "Joondalup and Midland hospital staff encouraged to wear masks as high flu and COVID cases hit."
"Two Perth hospitals have given a directive to staff to wear masks after an unprecedented influx of influenza and COVID-19 cases."
"It comes as The West Australian this week revealed the number of people in hospital with the flu had more than doubled the same time last year."
"COVID cases have also been climbing with an average of 156 people in hospital [per day] with the infection, as of June 15, after 148 people the previous week."
Source: https://archive.md/iTHiq
WA weekly COVID update: 20 Jan to 26 Jan 2025
🔸COVID positivity rate: 8.1% est. (+2.0%)
🔹PCR cases: 296 (+17.4%)
🔹Hospitalised: Average of 103 per day (+5.1%)
🔹ICU: 7-day average decreased to 3 (-50.0%)
WA COVID-19 fortnightly surveillance report: 8 July to 21 July 2024
🔹PCR cases only: 632 (-22.5%)
🔹Deaths: 15 (-31.8%)
🔹Hospital: 170* (-9.0%)
🔹ICU: 6* (-25.0%)
*Average per day
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Source: https://www.health.wa.gov.au/articles/f_i/infectious-disease-data/covid19-surveillance-report
Free COVID-19 and flu test kits in WA state. Need more sites like these in more states!
https://doh.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2024-04/602006-TestingKiosksFlyer-English.pdf
https://doh.wa.gov/emergencies/covid-19/testing-covid-19/testing-kiosks
Grateful WA state has wastewater surveillance data available for SARS-CoV2. Noticing our community in Eastern WA has 2.5x the level of SARS-CoV2 compared to levels 1 yr ago, and it also is as high as January's peak. This seems to be happening in many communities in the Western US. Despite data availability, it's crickets for any public health statements to the community. Folks are carrying on maskless as usual.
WA COVID-19 fortnightly surveillance report: 24 June to 7 July 2024
🔹PCR cases only: 816 (-1.5%)
🔹Deaths: 22 (+29.4%)
🔹Hospital: 187* (+2.1%)
🔹ICU: 8* (+33.3%)
*Average per day
#COVID19WA @WAHealth @CHO_WAHealth @auscovid19
Source: https://www.health.wa.gov.au/articles/f_i/infectious-disease-data/covid19-surveillance-report
WA COVID-19 fortnightly surveillance report: 10 June to 23 June 2024
🔹PCR cases only: 829 (-30%)
🔹Deaths: 17 (+89%)
🔹Hospital: 183 (-14%)
🔹ICU: 5 (-17%)
#COVID19WA @WAHealth @CHO_WAHealth @auscovid19
Source: https://www.health.wa.gov.au/articles/f_i/infectious-disease-data/covid19-surveillance-report
WA COVID-19 fortnightly surveillance report: 27 May to 9 June 2024
🔹PCR cases only: 1,185 (-0.5%)
🔹Deaths: 9 (-31%)
🔹Hospital: 212 (+15%)
🔹ICU: 6 (+20%)
#COVID19WA @WAHealth @CHO_WAHealth @auscovid19
Source: https://www.health.wa.gov.au/articles/f_i/infectious-disease-data/covid19-surveillance-report
WA COVID-19 fortnightly surveillance report: 13 May to 26 May 2024
🔹PCR cases only: 1,191 (+9%)
🔹Deaths: 13 (-13%)
🔹Hospital: 184 (+20%)
🔹ICU: 5 (+0%)
#COVID19WA @WAHealth @CHO_WAHealth @auscovid19
Source: https://www.health.wa.gov.au/articles/f_i/infectious-disease-data/covid19-surveillance-report
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