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Queensland records 10 new COVID-19 deaths and 7,588 new cases, concerns raised about rollout of boosters to aged care residents

Queensland's Health Minister says she is "very concerned" about the number of aged care residents who have not received a COVID-19 booster shot, after eight more aged care residents died from the disease.

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Queensland records three new COVID-19 deaths and 7,462 new cases, hospitalisation rate trending down

Another three Queenslanders have died with COVID-19, taking the total number of deaths in the state since the coronavirus pandemic began to 199.

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Queensland records another 13 COVID-19 deaths, schools to resume with mask mandate

Another 13 people in Queensland have died from COVID and 8,580 new cases have been recorded in the state, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says. She also confirmed masks will be mandatory for high school students and encouraged for students from Year 3 when classes resume on February 7.

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Queensland records another 12 COVID-19 deaths, 833 people in hospital and 53 in ICU

Another 12 people in Queensland die from COVID-19 and 10,391 new cases are confirmed in the latest reporting period, with a third of the deaths being people who were unvaccinated.

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Queensland records 18 COVID-19 deaths, 9,974 new cases as number of people in hospital continues to decline

Eighteen more COVID-19 deaths are reported in Queensland as the number of people in hospital with the virus continues to decline.

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Queensland records 15 COVID-19 deaths, with 11,600 new cases detected

Queensland records another 15 deaths with COVID-19, all of them people aged from their 60s to their 90s.

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Queensland records nine COVID-19 deaths, 13,551 new cases, as Gold Coast hospitalisations drop after Omicron peak

There are 889 people in hospital including 47 patients who are in intensive care.

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Queensland records 11 COVID-19 deaths, 9,546 new cases and 'significant rise' in hospitalisations as Omicron peak nears

Chief Health Officer John Gerrard tells Queenslanders to get their booster shots to increase their protection against COVID-19 as he further outlines what he expects to happen with the virus in coming weeks.

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COVID updates: Supermarkets say supply shortages easing as COVID case numbers stabilise

Woolworths says absences at its distribution centres has decreased, but rapid antigen tests, paracetamol and toilet paper are still subject to purchase limits.

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Qld hospitals 'bearing' flatter virus wave

Queensland has another 13 COVID-19 deaths and 10,212 new cases but hospitals are coping, with the 879 virus patients much lower than the thousands expected.

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Queensland records 13 COVID-19 deaths and 10,212 new cases, signs Gold Coast wave 'close to or passed' peak

Chief Health Officer John Gerrard says the number of people in hospital on the Gold Coast has "declined slightly every day for the past four days" and the city may have passed or is close to its current peak.

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Australia records 58 Covid deaths; Hunt says ‘hoarding’ affecting rapid test shortage – as it happened

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Another 10 deaths from COVID-19 in Queensland, 863 people in hospital

Health Minister Yvette D'Ath says there are now 863 people in hospital with COVID-19, with 47 patients in ICU. There are 85,112 active cases of the virus across the state.

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Queensland records another 10 deaths from COVID-19, outbreak peak 'could be a few days' away, CHO says

Queensland records 10 new COVID-19 deaths and has 884 people in hospital being treated for symptoms, with international borders now open for fully vaccinated travellers to come to into the state without having to quarantine.

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Queensland records 16 COVID-19 deaths and 15,962 new cases in deadliest single day of pandemic

Sixteen people in Queensland die from COVID-19 in the latest reporting period, the highest daily number of deaths recorded in the pandemic, with 15,962 new infections confirmed and 819 people being treated in hospital.

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