COVID-19 UPDATE: CQ has no new cases, 5 for QLD

The state has a total of 999 cases to date, 552 of which are active.

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CENTRAL Queensland remains clear again of any new coronavirus confirmed cases as the latest update from Queensland Health has come through.

Queensland has five new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the state total to 999.

Central Queensland’s tally sits at eight active cases, one recovered with a total of nine to date.

Qld Health yesterday said contact tracing was ongoing for the latest confirmed case of COVID-19 in CQ which was a Rockhampton-based worker at BMA’s Blackwater Mine who tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday but was not believed to have had any recent travel overseas.

Nearby in Mackay, they have had 15 cases, 10 of which are still active.

A person will generally be tested if they have a fever (or history of fever) or acute respiratory symptoms, and, in the last 14 days:

• They were a close contact or a household contact of a confirmed case

• They had been overseas, including on a cruise.

Testing may also be done for people who have a fever (or history of fever) or acute respiratory symptoms, AND:

•work in vulnerable settings such as healthcare, aged or residential care, military, a school or child care, correction facilities, detention centres and boarding schools.

• Live in Brisbane, Gold Coast or Cairns

• Live in or travelled from a COVID-19 hotspot

• Live in or travelled from another state

• Live in a First Nations community.