When Omicron pressure will peak in Queensland as state records 10,212 new Covid cases

Queensland has announced when Omicron will peak amid thousands of cases a day while pressure on hospitals increases across the board.

Health authorities in Queensland have revealed with the Omicron wave is set to peak.

Queensland Chief Health Officer Dr John Gerrard told reporters on Monday that the state would likely experience the peak of the outbreak next week.

His comments came after Queensland reported 10,212 new cases and 13 new deaths.

But, he said while southeast Queensland could expect to reach its peak next week, it would be different for each region.

“There’s likely to be pressure on the hospitals in metropolitan Brisbane this coming week” he said.

“This is the peak, it’s not the end, the end will not be for a number of weeks.”

Pressure on the hospital system could peak next week. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled

The Gold Coast may have reached its peak this week as hospitalisations in the area started to decline.

Meanwhile, more than 3615 Queenslanders tested positive via a rapid antigen tests (RATs) in the last 24 hours with a total 19,926 people coming forward to get tested.

Monday’s deaths included 13 people all older than 70.

There are 879 in hospital with 50 of those in intensive care.

This number do not include people who have been moved to private hospitals.

CHO Dr John Gerrard, at a daily Covid-19 press conference. Picture: Liam Kidston

The states death toll has surpassed 100 with 89.16 per cent of Queenslanders double vaccinated.

More than eight per cent of Queensland’s population is unvaccinated.

That small percentage makes up twenty-one per cent of those who have died with Covid.

State residents who had their second dose of a Covid-19 vaccine in October or earlier are now eligible for a third jab.

Due to high vaccination rates the Queensland will experience a lower peak than NSW and other states.

Falling hospitalisation numbers over a period of days would indicate the peak had passed said Dr Gerrard.

“We’ll see when we get there … I’m thinking two, three or four days. That’s the sort of number we should be looking for,” he said.

“The real proof will be when the numbers of patients start to fall and so that will be a number of days after the actual true peak and transmission and true peak of admission to hospital.”

The Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health service has opened a new Covid-19 coronavirus vaccination centre at The Pier Shopping centre.

More than 25 per cent of children aged five to eleven are now vaccinated in a bid to get kids back to school safely.

Near 50,000 children are booked to get there vaccine in the coming weeks as school returns in just two weeks.

The premier has expressed concern over the mere 66 per cent of teenagers aged 12 to 15 that are double vaccinated.

“We’re really concerned that those numbers are lower than what our adult vaccination rates are. They should be at the same rate now that the opportunity is there,” the premier said.

“I’d love to see parents and guardians and carers coming forward with their children of all ages who are eligible and getting them vaccinated as quickly as possible before the start of the school year.”