Western Australia has recorded one new locally acquired COVID-19 case overnight.
WA Health Minister Roger Cook today confirmed the latest case was a close contact of an existing infection.
He is the partner of a previous case and has been isolating.
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"He is a close contact of case 1023, and has been in quarantine since the 26th of June," Mr Cook said.
"So he doesn't represent any public health risk.
"This means the total case numbers are now 1030. There are four active cases in hotel quarantine."
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The man tested negative initially, then starting showing symptoms on July 1, was re-tested and returned a positive result.
