New COVID-19 case confirmed on the Gold Coast

A woman has been diagnosed with coronavirus on the Gold Coast according to authorities – one of four new cases in the state. SUBSCRIBE TO READ MORE.

A woman has been diagnosed with coronavirus on the Gold Coast according to authorities – one of four new cases in the state. Picture Mike Batterham

A WOMAN has been diagnosed with coronavirus on the Gold Coast according to authorities – one of four new cases in the state.

Across Queensland total cases now sit at 1117, with 24 active cases in Queensland.

The Gold Coast’s total number of active infections now sits at four.

Press conference at John Oxley Reserve Murumba Downs. Deputy Premier and Minister for Health and Minister for Ambulance Service Steven Miles providing a COVID-19 update.

The new Gold Coast case, a 30 to 39-year-old woman, is the wife of one of the Pimpama cases.

Over 878,366 tests have now been conducted across the state.

There are currently 18 patients in hospital with the virus.

All four new cases announced on Saturday are related to the outbreak at the Queensland Corrective Services Academy, while three of those four cases relate to household transmission, Mr Miles said.

EVERY PLACE VISITED BY GOLD COAST COVID CASES

The other cases include a man from Greenbank who was another trainee at the Corrective Services Academy; a woman in her 30s from Forest Lake who is the wife of another corrective services trainee, previously reported; and a Forest Lake woman in her 60s who is the wife of a case previously reported.

Over 878,366 tests have been conducted.

MORE COVID NEWS

Coolangatta Gold: The 2020 Coolangatta Gold has been officially cancelled after Surf Life Saving Australia pulled the pin on the elite category

Coronavirus: Victoria’s daily COVID-19 case number dips below 100; Scott Morrison wants to get stranded Aussies home

First Look inside Gold Coast restaurateur’s new rustic venue

Only 10 people are allowed in homes across the Gold Coast and Brisbane.

Mr Miles announced areas under tightened restrictions will now expand to include the Darling Downs.

From 8am Monday, only 10 people will be allowed inside homes and at non-COVIDSafe venues across the Darling Downs region.

Mr Miles urged everyone at community sport this weekend to remember social distancing.

Queensland Health have released every place visited by two new cases of COVID, who were confirmed in Pimpama overnight.

The contact tracers have identify all the places the infected people have visited during the past 14 days.

WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN

15 August 2020

Pimpama Junction Centre 10:00-11:50am

Coomera Westfield 11:20-11:25am

16 August 2020

Chemist Warehouse Pimpama City Centre 8:20-8:30am

Zarraffa’s Pimpama City 10:00am

Pimpama Junction Centre 12:20-12:25pm

The Southern Hotel 8:15-10am

Queens Park Markets 10-11am

17 August 2020

Zarraffa’s Pimpama City 6:30am

Coles Express Pimpama City Centre 6:18am

Coles Express Pimpama City Centre 4:25pm

Coles Upper Coomera 8:00-8:10pm

18 August 2020

Spotlight 9-11am

Logan Motorway BP service centre and Macdonalds 3:50pm

19 August 2020

Zarraffa’s Pimpama City 6:30am

21 August 2020

Logan Motorway BP service centre and MacDonald’s 7:00am

Coles Express Pimpama City Centre 9:00pm

Southern bay Cyclones Rugby Union (Cyclones vs Logan Saints) 8:00-10:00pm

22 August 2020

United Service Station Pimpama 4:05-4:20pm

Pimpama McDonalds 8:30-9:30am

Bunnings Oxenford 12:00-12:05pm

Coles Pimpama City 1:00-2:00pm

Graceville Netball Courts & Canteen, Faulkner Park 1:00-3:00pm

Kmart, Indooroopilly Shopping Centre 3:15-4:45pm

23 August 2020

Coles Pimpama City 4:10-4:20pm

IGA Coomera 2:10-2:20pm

Coles Pimpama City 4:05-4:20pm

24 August 2020

Logan Motorway BP service centre and MacDonald’s 4:20-4:30pm

Coomera Westfield 5:30-6:00pm

25 August 2020

Logan Motorway BP service centre and MacDonald’s 6:40-6:45am

Logan Motorway BP service centre and MacDonald’s 4:20-4:30pm

26 August 2020

Coomera Westfield 9:30-10:25am

Woolworths Pimpama Junction 10:40-10:50am

Kmart Oxenford 11:00-11:10am

Bunnings Oxenford 11:20-11:50am

Woolworths Pimpama Junction 12:00-12:15pm

Zazar’s Kebabs 12:15-12:25pm

Logan Motorway BP service centre and MacDonald’s 5:45-5:50pm

GCUH Fever clinic 7:00-7:20pm

27 August 2020

Priceline Pharmacy 9:00-9:10am

Coles Forest Lake Shopping Centre 9:15-9:30am

PAH Fever Clinic 12:40-12:55pm