BREAKING: Queensland has recorded 12 new Covid deaths – including a person in their 30s – while there were 5178 cases.
Chief health officer Dr John Gerrard said people ranging from their 30s to their 90s died as he announced the latest figures on Tuesday.Of the 12 deaths, one person had received a booster vaccine, three people were unvaccinated and 12 were aged care residents.Twenty-two patients are on ventilators.Queensland has inched closer to the 90 per cent double vaccination rate, and is currently sitting at 89.97 per cent.
Queensland Health Minister Yvette D’Ath said the state had overcome its Covid infection peak after a case explosion over the past month.“All of the data that we have and the modelling that we have seen, it appears that we hit our peak on the fourth of February.” Queenslanders will no longer have to check into venues following the state government’s announcement to scrap the contact tracing app for businesses that are not covered under vaccine mandates.
Fewer Queenslanders had been using the check-in app, with health professionals and local councils criticising it as redundant.More to come
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