The Perth and Peel region narrowly avoided another lockdown after the security guard at the Pan Pacific Hotel infected two of his housemates, but the community has been forced to wear masks and other restrictions have also been imposed.

Health authorities previously said they believed a traveller from the United States infected a person coming from Indonesia while they shared a flight into Perth, then one of them infected the guard.

Premier Mark McGowan revealed on Wednesday that CCTV footage showed the guard was wearing gloves and other personal protective equipment when he handled luggage inside a lift.

“He entered the lift that they had been in, we know that, and he handled some luggage – that’s what the CCTV has showed us,” Mr McGowan said.

“He was masked up, he was wearing all the appropriate gear.

“He handled their luggage, but was there transmission there? We can only speculate.”

Authorities have identified 108 close contacts, of which 75 have tested negative so far.

A further 476 casual contacts have been identified, of which 221 have so far tested negative.

Mr McGowan also gave an update on the man in Collie who returned a “weak positive result” for coronavirus.

The man, aged in his 30s, recently returned to Collie after travelling to Australia from Poland and quarantining in Melbourne for two weeks.

“The very, very strong medical advice is this is an historic case,” Mr McGowan said.

“This person is doing what is called shedding of the virus, which sometimes means that a positive test is picked up even though the person is not infectious.

“I just urge everyone in Collie not to worry, not to panic. We’ll get information out as soon as we possibly can.”

Shortly after Mr McGowan’s press conference, the Health Department issued a statement confirming it was an historical case.

“The man in his 30s poses no threat to community health and has not been included as a positive case in WA statistics,” the department said.

“As a precaution, the man’s three closest contacts were asked to isolate pending further test results, including antibody tests.

“All have been advised of the result and are no longer required to self-isolate.”

Western Australia did not record any local cases overnight, but two new infections were noted in hotel quarantine — two young children who returned from overseas with their parents.

It brings the state’s total number of infections to 1010, including 26 active cases.

Perth currently has 1895 people in hotel quarantine.

“The number is tracking down very slowly, but tracking down because of our reduction in the cap,” Mr McGowan said.

An announcement on lifting restrictions is expected to be made on Thursday.