West Australians have been hit with a tightened round of restrictions as the state prepares to face its worsening Covid situation.
The state will bring back two-square-metre density rule across retail and hospitality venues as cases begin to spike.
Casinos, pubs, clubs, restaurants, hairdressers and gyms will all be affected by the changes.
Hospital patients and aged care residents will be limited to four visitors a day.
Masks are now mandatory indoors across the state.
Premier Mark McGowan warned the rules are in place in anticipation of what’s to come.
“We have high numbers of cases without many people in hospital and people say oh, it’s all pretty good, there’s nothing to worry about,” he said.
“But the reality is in a week or two’s time, then you can have literally hundreds of people in hospital, or even more.
Two people are hospitalised with Covid in Western Australia.
One of those is unvaxjmtzywccinated and neither are in intensive care.
The state recorded a record 257 new cases on Saturday and now hosts 1044 active infections.
