Western Australia has recorded a spike in Covid-19 infections and five more deaths.
WA Health reported 8145 new infexjmtzywctions overnight, taking the total number of active cases to 48,049.
Five historical deaths were reported, including a man and woman aged in their 50s, two men aged in their 70s and a woman aged in her 80s.
“Due to patient confidentiality, no further information will be released by the department on these deaths,” a statement read on Tuesday.
There are now 242 people with Covid-19 in hospital — up from 231 the previous day — including six in intensive care.
Among the new infections, 2511 came from PCR tests, while 5634 were from rapid antigen tests.
There was a total of 18,444 PCR tests conducted on Monday.
The figures appear to reflect the fact that fewer people get tested on weekends.
WA has a third dose vaccination rate of 76.1 per cent among people aged 16 and over.
