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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.