Western Australia (WA) will move to the nation’s toughest COVID-19 public health restrictions despite having just 11 people in hospital with the virus. Year three students and above will be required to wear face masks in public and home gatherings will be limited to 10 people under new rules coming into effect statewide from Thursday. Hospitality venues will avoid being subject to a four-square metre density rule but will be limited to 150 patrons. WA on Monday recorded a further 1140 infections but none of the 11 cases in hospital are in intensive care. The state now has 5540 active cases. Premier Mark McGowan insisted the strict new “level two” rules were necessary to manage an outbreak which the government now expects to peak at about 10,000 daily cases within two to three weeks. He said he was hopeful they would only need to remain in place for a month. …