Perth and Peel COVID-19 lockdown reaches third day as WA awaits case numbers

As Perth and the Peel region enter a third day of lockdown, residents and businesses are anxiously waiting to find out whether the snap shutdown will end tomorrow as scheduled.

To date, two people have been confirmed to have contracted COVID-19 via community transmission, after a Victorian man likely became infected while in Perth hotel quarantine.

A three-day lockdown was announced on Friday after the man — a returned overseas traveller — tested positive when he landed in Melbourne, having just completed 14 days of hotel quarantine in Perth and…