Queensland coronavirus case and death totals

Queensland’s coronavirus cases are tipping 500 with another 50 cases diagnosed on March 26 taking the state’s total to 493.

Queensland’s coronavirus cases are tipping 500 with another 50 cases diagnosed on March 26 taking the state’s total to 493.

Most cases continued to involve people returning or coming into contact with people returning from overseas.

The large majority of cases have been across the southeast while there have been several community transmitted cases on the Gold Coast.

Of the 493, 124 cases have been in Brisbane’s north, 104 in Brisbane’s south, 87 on the Gold Coast and 52 on the Sunshine Coast.

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Garry Kirstenfeldt, a 68-year-old from Toowoomba, died in hospital on March 25 after contracting the virus on the Ruby Princess cruise ship.

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He was the state’s second fatality after a 77-year-old Noosaville woman died after flying into Sydney last week from the Sunshine Coast.

Chief Health Officer Jeanette Young said the recent jump in numbers was to be expected, with more people coming home from overseas.

Ms Young said Queensland was testing every potential case, even if the symptoms were mild.

But she stressed only people who have been overseas and have developed symptoms, or someone who’s been in contact with a case and has developed symptoms, or a health or aged care worker who’s developed symptoms are being tested.

“I see that we will get increased numbers of cases (next week), I see that it is really important that we continue to contact trace every single case,” she said.

Retired doctors and medical students have been coming forward to help the Government combat the pandemic.

The Australian Government has since closed Australia’s borders and ordered any residents returning home to self-isolate for 14 days.

Ms Young said there had been a few cases of people breaching self quarantine but the vast majority had been following directions.

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Health Minister Steven Miles said a fine of $13,000 was enough to deter someone from breaching self isolation.

Mr Miles said the Government was working hard to ensure there were sufficient supplies of personal protective equipment.

He said there was ample supply in the distribution centre right now.

Details of Queensland COVID-19 cases up to March 26

*Note: Scroll down to see patient-by-patient details from the beginning of the outbreak. Queensland Health stopped giving out this level of detail from March 19*

- MARCH 26: 50 new cases take the state’s total to 493. A public health alert is issued for venues on the Sunshine Coast including the Land and Sea Brewery at Noosaville, after a patron tested positive

- MARCH 25: Toowoomba man Garry Kirstenfeld, 68, dies after contracting coronavirus on the Ruby Princess cruise ship. He became the state’s second death. 46 new cases are confirmed.

- MARCH 24: 78 new cases are confirmed - the highest Queensland has recorded since the outbreak began. It takes the state total to 397.

- MARCH 23: 60 new cases are confirmed with 33 men and 27 females aged between 21 and 81 diagnosed.

- MARCH 22: 38 new cases with 22 males and 16 females aged between 19 and 76. The cases consisted of 16 in the Metro North area, six in Metro South, five on the Gold Coast, five on the Sunshine Coast, four on the Darling Downs and one in the Wide Bay area.

- MARCH 21: 37 new confirmed cases with patients consisting of 18 males and 19 females aged between 1 and 75.

- MARCH 20: 40 new confirmed cses raising the total to 184. They include 15 males and 25 females aged between 19 and 83.

- MARCH 19: 50 new confirmed cases with 25 males and 25 females aged between 1 and 79.

- SINCE OUTBREAK STARTED TO MARCH 18: 94 cases including:

– Five cases were from a tour group originating in Wuhan, China – a boy, 8, men aged 37 and 44 and women aged 37 and 42.

– Three cases were from the Diamond Princess cruise ship. They tested positive after being evacuated to Darwin and then flown back to Queensland hospitals for treatment. All are women aged 54, 55 and 57.

– Three cases are people returned from Iran – a woman aged 63 and men aged 26 and 28.

– One case is a 20-year-old Chinese University of Queensland student who returned to Brisbane via Dubai.

– One case is a man who returned from Thailand, aged 81.

– One case is a woman who returned to Brisbane from London, with a short stopover in Singapore, aged 29.

– Two cases from the Sunshine Coast hinterland, a couple aged 38 and 42. The 38-year-old had recently returned from London via Dubai.

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– One case is a woman who travelled to Austria and France, aged 46.

– Two cases involving a university student who travelled to Spain, Italy and France. A 19-year-old developed COVID-19 after close contact with the 22-year-old student.

– Two cases are a woman who travelled to the United States of America, and a man who is a close contact of this woman, both aged in their early 30s.

– Two cases are the celebrity couple Tom Hanks and wife Rita Wilson, both in their 60s, who recently travelled from the US.

– One case is a 37-year-old man from Brisbane who had recently travelled from Geneva, Switzerland, through Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

– One case is a 40-year-old man from Brisbane who had recently returned from the UK.

– One case is a 24-year-old man from Brisbane who had recently returned from the US.

– Two cases involving a 56-year-old woman who had recently returned from Indonesia. A close contact of hers, a 60-year-old man, has also been diagnosed. He was diagnosed in Rockhampton but is not from there.

– One case of a 53-year-old man from Kingaroy. He is in self-isolation in a stable condition.

– One case is Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton, who developed symptoms after returning from the US.

– One case is a University of Queensland third-year psychology student.

– Three cases are being managed by the Brisbane Metro North Public Health Unit, they are a 69-year-old man a 19-year-old man and a 23-year-old.

– A woman, 31 and a man, 39 are being treated at the Gold Coast University Hospital after testing positive on Saturday, March 14.

– Three cases were confirmed on the Sunshine Coast with a man, 47 and two women, 61 and 39 testing positive for COVID-19.

– Bundaberg’s first case was confirmed with a 48-year-old woman on March 14.

-A Gold Coast healthcare worker based in the Robina Health Precinct tested positive to the virus over the weekend of March 14-15 and has since been placed in isolation.

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– A 51-year-old male and a 22-year-old female are being managed by the West Moreton Public Health unit.

– A man, 23, tested positive for coronavirus on March 13 in Brisbane.

– A man, 69, was confirmed with COVID-19 in Townsville and is being managed by New Zealand health authorities.

– An eight-year-old girl on the Gold Coast tests positive.

– A Sunshine Coast woman, 77, was the first Queensland case to die after contracting novel coronavirus.

– Brisbane’s cases rose by seven on March 16.

– One case is Townsville based LNP Senator Susan McDonald.

– One case is a woman, 28, on the Gold Coast.

– One case is a Sunshine Coast woman who was confirmed with the virus on March 17

– Nine men and seven women aged from 25 to 52 have joined the Queensland case load, with seven on the Gold Coast, Three in Brisbane, one on the Sunshine Coast and another being treated by the West Moreton Public Health system.

– Of the 37 new cases announced on March 22, ages ranged from one to 75 among 18 males and 19 females. Sixteen cases were in the Metro North area, six in Metro South, five on the Gold Coast, five on the Sunshine Coast, four on the Darling Downs and one in the Wide Bay area.

Originally published as Queensland coronavirus case and death totals