Queensland's third wave of COVID-19 is has now outgrown the second, and authorities expect the number of cases will keep climbing as winter continues.
Queensland's third wave of COVID-19 is has now outgrown the second with daily hospitalisations, and authorities expect the number of cases will keep climbing as winter continues.Hospitalisations are the new key measurement of how badly the virus is circulatingAt the weekend, the number of people with the virus in hospital reached 640 – the highest since February, Queensland's first wave, and overtaking the second wave in April.
"It's really clear that we are seeing another very significant wave at the moment, largely due to the emergence of these more infectious sub variants, BA.4 and BA.5," he said. "We need people to understand that this is very significant and, and just take some of those simple steps, so we don't see a wave that exceeds what we've seen before."COVID numbers are now being reported with a focus on hospitalisations rather than daily cases.
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