Chief Health Officer Andy Robertson on Friday said he expected daily cases would peak at around 25,000 next week before beginning to decline.

That is far higher than the 10,000 case peak forecast in Omicron modelling prepared by WA Health prior to the removal of WA’s hard border.

However, Mr McGowan has repeatedly said hospitalisation – and in particular the number of patients in ICU – were now a more important indicator than cases, with the State’s world-leading three-dose vaccination rate (80.7 per cent) meaning the vast majority of West Australians experienced only very mild illness.

Chief Health Officer Andy Robertson on Friday said he expected daily cases would peak at around 25,000 next week before beginning to decline.
That is far higher than the 10,000 case peak forecast in Omicron modelling prepared by WA Health prior to the removal of WA&rsquo;s hard border.
However, Mr McGowan has repeatedly said hospitalisation &ndash; and in particular the number of patients in ICU &ndash; were now a more important indicator than cases, with the State&rsquo;s world-leading three-dose vaccination rate (80.7 per cent) meaning the vast majority of West Australians experienced only very mild illness.

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