Staines Memorial College student, healthcare worker are Queensland’s two new cases

A third student from Staines Memorial College has tested positive to COVID-19. They along with a healthcare worker are the two latest cases in Queensland and both part of a growing cluster in the state’s southeast.

A third student at Staines Memorial College at Redbank Plains has tested positive to coronavirus, one of two new Queensland infections.

The second new case is a female health care worker in her 30s who is a close contact of another person who has also been diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

Both are linked to the growing Queensland Corrective Services Academy cluster.

Both are believed to have been in quarantine when they tested positive to the virus.

Their cases take Queensland’s total number of known infections to 1126.

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Three students at Staines Memorial College in Redbank Plains have now tested postive for COVID. Picture: John Gass

The latest Staines Memorial College case follows two teenagers at the school testing positive to the pandemic virus earlier this week.

The school has been closed for cleaning, with students working from home.

In the past 24 hours, more than 18,000 Queensland samples have been tested for the novel coronavirus.

Since the pandemic began, the state has performed more than 900,000 tests for the virus.

Six Queenslanders have died from COVID-19, among more than 650 Australians who have lost their lives as a result of the disease.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the results were linked to existing cases, saying they were comfortable with the latest numbers.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced Queensland has recorded two new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. Picture: Dan Peled

Ms Palaszczuk reaffirmed a unit would be set up by the end of the week to deal with border exemptions.

The Premier said there had been a lot of “media speculation” about the AFL grand final and claimed they were yet to hear from the AFL.

She said it would be a once in a lifetime opportunity to host the grand final in Queensland.

The Premier said the decider would bring in millions of dollars for the state, as well as provide an opportunity to build the game further in Queensland.

It comes after there were two new cases recorded yesterday - male student from Staines Memorial College and a nurse from Ipswich Hospital.

It was also revealed that police had apprehended infamous bikie Shane Bowden after he flew into Queensland from Victoria.

As of yesterday, there were 28 active cases across the state with 18 people in hospital.