New Covid-19 cases for Maryborough, Hervey Bay, Bundaberg and Gympie

Updated list of Covid-19 numbers for the Fraser Coast. FULL LIST OF CASES.

Queensland Health have refused to confirm or deny claims of a Covid-related death in the Gympie region after a third death was recorded in the Sunshine Coast Health and Hospital region overnight.

The Fraser Coast has had 96 new confirmed cases overnight, with 1241 now having been reported in the region, and Gympie’s case number rose by another 37 to sit at 563.

Bundaberg recorded 63 new cases overnight on Sunday night and sits at 956 total cases.

There have been no confirmed deaths in the Wide Bay Hospital and Health region.

More than 15,122 new cases were identified across Queensland in the last 24 hours.

There were seven deaths recorded, the highest in Queensland since the beginning of the pandemic, bringing the total to 29 deaths since December 13. More than 225,000 cases were recorded state-wide.

Health Minister Yvette D’Ath said only one of the 29 deaths had received their booster shot.

Cases in the Fraser Coast Regional government area have increased by 39.3% since January 11.

Case number breakdowns by suburb were not updated at time of publication.

The number of Covid cases across the Fraser Coast has crept above 1000 after 56 new infections were reported overnight. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dylan Coker

Queensland Health has refused to confirm reports of a Covid-related death in the Gympie region as case numbers continue to rise across the Wide Bay.

Three people are now confirmed to have died in the Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health region as of Thursday, January 13, with one death recorded in Queensland Health’s latest updated.

Gympie is part of the SCHHS.

The Gympie Times was contacted late Thursday night with claims of the region’s first Covid-related death.

An SCHHS spokeswoman said patient confidentiality prevented the release of any further information than was provided in the chief health officer’s press conference on Friday.

TOTALS (as of Wednesday January 12) - when the last breakdown was available from Qld Health

Bundaberg – 635

Gin Gin – 17

Ashfield/Kepnock – 38

Millbank/Avoca – 65

Branyan/Kensington – 39

Gooburrum/North – 51

Bundaberg North – 48

Bargara/Burnett Heads – 161

Svensson Heights/Norville – 40

Bundaberg East/Kalkie – 39

Bundaberg (unspecified) – 26

Bundaberg South – 54

Walkervale/Avenell Heights – 57

Gympie – 354

Cooloola – 50

Gympie “region” – 111

South – 58

North – North 116

Kilkivan – 18

Fraser Coast – 885

Pialba/Eli Waters – 172

Tinana – 37

Torquay/Scarness/Kawungan – 159

Craignish/Dundowran Beach – 49

Urangan/Wondunna – 168

Booral/River Heads – 48

Burrum/Fraser – 52

Point Vernon – 43

Maryborough – 134

Maryborough region south – 12

Granville – 11

North Burnett – 31

Gayndah / Mundubbera – 20

Monto/Eidsvold – 11