Revealed: Raw data of Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service’s COVID-19 response

Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service has tested the equivalent of Rockhampton’s population since the pandemic began.

Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service has tested the equivalent of Rockhampton’s population and quarantined an average of 43 people a week since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

Since Australia’s first case of COVID-19 was confirmed on January 25, 2020, Queensland has recorded 1,793 cases; of those, 32 have been Central Queenslanders and all have recovered.

Chief health officer Dr Jeanette Young said that although seven Queenslanders died because of the virus, the responsible actions of everyone in the Sunshine State “undoubtedly prevented more tragedies”.

“Almost 80 per cent our cases have been acquired overseas, with a large portion of those detected in quarantine, which is reflective in Central Queensland,” she said.

“And a significant amount of our locally-acquired cases were safely isolating while they were infectious, instead of risking the health of others in the community, which is a fantastic result.”

CQHHS chief executive Steve Williamson paid tribute to the “outstanding” response of Central Queenslanders and health care workers.

“Our residents have shown time and time again they’re willing to come forward for testing when required, and our staff have done an amazing job responding quickly and efficiently to setting up testing sites when demand surged,” he said.

“I am very proud of the outstanding work done to contain our outbreak at North Rockhampton Nursing Centre, without spread to residents, other staff or community members.”

As of July 29, 2021, CQHHS had administered 25,443 COVID-19 vaccinations, of which 20,310 were Pfizer doses and 5,133 AstraZeneca doses.

“Our vaccination teams have been working tirelessly to secure staff and sites to provide clinics across the wide geographical area of Central Queensland to ensure healthcare workers and residents in small regional towns have access to their shots,” Mr Williamson said.

“Vaccination is the best way for our community to protect ourselves against this virus.”

As of 29 July 2021, Central Queensland HHS had:

• Completed 86,032 tests on 59,285 people
• Had 2,806 people receive a quarantine notice
• Six females and 26 males tests positive to COVID-19

Age breakdown of COVID-19 cases

• 0 aged 0-9
• 3 aged 10-19
• 11 aged 20-29
• 7 aged 30-39
• 2 aged 40-49
• 2 aged 50-59
• 4 aged 60-69
• 3 aged 70-79
• 0 aged 80-89