A man who had been on board the Artania cruise ship died at Joondalup Health Campus while a woman who had travelled overseas died at Royal Perth Hospital. The woman's husband, who also has Covid-19, was reportedly denied permission to see her in hospital and remains at a Perth hotel.
WA Health Minister Roger Cook said such difficult decisions are made by medical staff and he would not second guess them, but would make inquiries. He said welfare checks were conducted on people quarantining in hotels and extra efforts were being made for the grieving man.
NSW earlier this week reported two more deaths, Victoria its eleventh, South Australia its first and Tasmania its third.
That came after 11 victims were announced in a wave of deaths over Sunday and Monday, including the youngest so far – a man in his 50s who died in a Victorian hospital and a 61-year-old man who died at Hornsby Hospital in Sydney.
Federal and state health officials are cautiously optimistic after several days of declining rates of new infections.
There are now 6015 total cases, with 2734 in NSW, 1212 in Victoria, 943 in Queensland, 420 in South Australia, 480 in Western Australia, 107 in Tasmania, 99 in the Australian Capital Territory and 28 in the Northern Territory .
