Date: 29 April 2020

Location: Perth Airport

Number of people: 1

Details: One new case of COVID-19 has been recorded in WA, a 19-year-old Perth woman who had travelled overseas. The 256 Australian citizens and permanent residents on board the flight, including 86 from WA, received health checks at the airport after their arrival this morning. 211 Australians were being taken to Rottnest Island for quarantine, while the remaining people will be taken to hotels in the city for quarantine.

WA has now had 551 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 virus