IN FULL: Queensland records 9,581 new cases of COVID-19 | ABC News

Описание: Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk provides a COVID-19 update. Twenty-one Queenslanders are in intensive care in the state with seven on ventilators.
Queensland’s Chief Health Officer Dr John Gerrard says 419 people are being treated in the state’s hospitals for COVID-19 but and he’s expecting that to “increase significantly” in the next week.
Out of the 21 in ICU, 11 are on the Gold Coast and six of those are unvaccinated.
Dr Gerrard says a combination of interstate seeding from tourists and a lower vaccination rate on the Gold Coast has lead to a surge in cases there.
Queensland has recorded 9581 new cases overnight but four labs haven’t reported results for today’s figures.
23,000 bookings have been made for 5-12 year olds in Queensland.

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