No new local coronavirus cases in WA but one in hotel quarantine as restrictions set to ease

Western Australia has recorded no new local cases of COVID-19 overnight.

One new case has been recorded in hotel quarantine involving an overseas traveller who returned from India.

WA Premier Mark McGowan said it was critical that testing rates stayed high in the upcoming week, in the wake of the hotel quarantine outbreak that sparked a three-day lockdown last weekend.

Coronavirus restrictions in Perth and the Peel region are due to ease from midnight tonight but some will remain in place for another seven days, including rules around face masks.

Under the relaxed restrictions, masks will continue to be mandatory for…