Parliamentary Questions & Answers

Question Without Notice No. 402 asked in the Legislative Council on 12 May 2020 by Hon Colin Holt

Parliament: 40 Session: 1

CORONAVIRUS — TESTING REGIMES — GOVERNMENT RESPONSE

402. Hon COLIN HOLT to the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to the state government’s testing regime for COVID-19.
(1) Can the parliamentary secretary please table the daily COVID-19 testing figures for each region since 1 April 2020?
(2) What percentage of asymptomatic testing is the goal of the Western Australian government, and what is the time frame to achieve this?
(3) How many tests have been completed through—
(a) the school testing research program; and
(b) the DETECT FIFO project?
(4) What other programs or plans will form part of the DETECT program and when will they be announced?
Hon ALANNA CLOHESY replied:
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question.
The answer to question (1) is in tabular form by date and region. I seek leave to have that incorporated into Hansard.
Leave granted.
The following material was incorporated —
(1)

Date	Wheatbelt	Goldfields	Great Southern	Kimberley	Metro	Midwest	Pilbara	Southwest	Other	Grand Total
1-Apr	13	10	16	36	439	20	11	26	27	598
2-Apr	20	13	32	49	778	25	19	52	28	1016
3-Apr	17	8	21	32	543	27	19	45	20	732
4-Apr	7	8	10	21	401	6	14	30	20	517
5-Apr	5	6	13	20	362	10	5	16	14	451
6-Apr	20	5	19	37	678	12	13	43	23	850
7-Apr	19	15	13	47	627	17	9	45	17	809
8-Apr	12	15	15	52	542	13	17	41	17	724
9-Apr	27	21	35	47	1185	29	30	90	24	1488
10-Apr	15	22	12	39	523	22	13	40	9	695
11-Apr	16	16	17	29	516	18	11	45	21	689
12-Apr	8	10	16	19	328	15	20	25	10	451
13-Apr	13	12	10	25	373	22	17	24	16	512
14-Apr	35	32	13	53	775	39	13	52	17	1029
15-Apr	14	27	52	39	871	46	19	73	16	1157
16-Apr	21	19	28	53	856	21	18	66	15	1097
17-Apr	30	15	37	42	880	36	19	47	15	1121
18-Apr	11	9	13	22	565	16	14	28	7	685
19-Apr	4	18	17	17	400	12	19	23	6	516
20-Apr	14	20	31	46	884	23	17	70	17	1122
21-Apr	23	19	24	46	854	19	8	72	12	1077
22-Apr	21	19	29	35	892	26	26	62	16	1126
23-Apr	26	22	37	33	792	28	17	50	95	1100
24-Apr	21	20	34	21	1070	28	13	67	23	1297
25-Apr	12	20	12	14	679	14	10	54	23	838
26-Apr	24	36	9	11	619	28	6	56	22	811
27-Apr	13	19	12	22	546	20	7	43	18	700
28-Apr	36	32	35	43	1267	34	18	78	32	1575

29-Apr	19	21	34	39	1096	22	14	77	14	1336
30-Apr	14	25	36	27	1168	13	101	109	46	1539
1-May	23	63	36	39	1093	44	77	76	40	1491
2-May	11	18	12	14	619	15	4	24	15	732
3-May	15	17	10	9	631	13	8	12	15	730
4-May	33	35	34	43	1371	21	56	75	28	1696
5-May	29	55	39	45	1298	37	24	88	28	1643
6-May	29	32	32	42	1011	32	10	69	23	1280
7-May	28	32	21	27	1090	27	9	67	28	1329
8-May	32	30	29	13	1195	15	6	126	31	1477
9-May	3	12	2	1	552	16	2	17	38	643
10-May	12	5	6	1	244	14		22	12	316
11-May	1		1		119				0	122
Grand Total	746	833	904	1250	30732	895	733	2125	898	39116

Other – Includes overseas, interstate and unknown addresses.
(2) The state government has not set a target for asymptomatic testing. As previously announced, asymptomatic testing of particular cohorts of people will be undertaken as part of the DETECT program.
(3) (a) The testing program will formally commence shortly.
(b) A total of 3 960 tests have been undertaken by industry to date.
(4) The DETECT program is currently being established, with cohorts to be determined. These will be announced once finalised.