Western Australia recorded another historical case of COVID-19 on Sunday after testing revealed a Perth woman in her 30’s had the infection in March, but the virus was no longer active and posed no risk.
Key points:
- There have now been three historical COVID-19 cases detected in WA
- Restaurants, bars and cafes can reopen from Monday, with a limit on patron numbers
- There were no new COVID-19 cases in WA overnight, leaving just five active cases
The woman had been a close contact of a person confirmed to have COVID-19 and was tested after developing symptoms.
But that test came back as “equivocal”, meaning at the time the result was not conclusive enough to confirm a positive result.
WA Health Minister Roger Cook said the woman was already undergoing two weeks of mandatory isolation at the time, and the Health Department undertook contact tracing as if she had been a confirmed case.
Mr Cook said her infection was confirmed after PathWest technicians retested a number of samples.
“Nothing is normal about this virus, we are continually learning more about it,” he said.
“If the same test resu