Qld Covid: Nine Queenslanders lose their lives while active cases drop
Queensland has reported 3861 new Covid-19 cases and nine deaths in the past 24 hours, as the number of active cases drops.
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Queensland has reported 3861 new Covid-19 cases and nine deaths in the past 24 hours, but the number of active cases has decreased.
There are currently 23,418 cases in the state which is the lowest updated figure reported by Queensland Health since January 3.
Today we have recorded 3,861 new COVID-19 cases.
— Queensland Health (@qldhealth) June 9, 2022
Sadly, we have reported 9 deaths in the past 24 hours.
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Two dozen people have lost their lives over the last couple of days, following a spike of 15 deaths on Wednesday.
Hospitalisations are down 15 to 297, while 11 people are also in the ICU.
More than 2720 of Thursday’s new infections were from rapid antigen tests, while 1133 were from PCR tests.
As at June 7, 94 per cent of Queenslanders aged 16 years or older have had at least one dose of a vaccine.
The update comes as ATAGI encourages vulnerable teenagers to get a booster shot, while Australia remains on alert for two new Covid variants.
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