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| CREDIT: AAP Queensland has recorded nine new cases of COVID-19 yesterday, all linked to a Brisbane high school student that is now turning the situation into a "spiralling outbreak." Deputy Premier Steven Miles has said, "This is the most number of new community infections we've reported in Queensland in almost 12 months. The last time we were at this level was August 2020." Today, Queensland recorded 13 new COVID-19 cases, spreading fear of Delta. This has caused Queensland into a longer lockdown. Four of yesterday's outbreak attended a karate class at Ironside State School in St. Lucia. One of today's cases has been confirmed to have attended said karate class. The karate class is attended by students from all over. So far there have been positive cases confirmed for Ironside State School, Brisbane Boys Grammar School, and Indooroopilly State High School. There has been a list of the latest exposure site locations released by Queensland Health. These include, Pullenvale, Moggill, Bellbowrie, Wilston, and St Lucia. Steven Miles has urged south-east Queenslanders to come forward and be tested. Only 11,468 tests were processed between Saturday and Sunday. "Our message is simple: that is not enough tests. While that is a turnout for a Saturday, in previous outbreaks that were not this serious, we were consistently testing more than twice that number - more than 20,000 each day." Health Minister Yvette D'Ath has stated that the Delta variant "spreads in hours not days." "New South Wales has recorded on average one death every three days - we cannot be complacent." Other exposure sites include St Peters Lutheran College, and Brisbane Girls Grammar School. There are also eleven LGAs that have been affected. - City of Brisbane - Moreton Bay Regional Council - City of Gold Coast - City of Ipswich - Lockyer Valley Regional Council - Logan City - Noosa Shire Council - Redland City - Scenic Rim Regional Council - Somerset Regional Council - Sunshine Coast Regional Council Home learning has been instated from Tuesday for one week, for affected schools. "There's too many cars on the road in Brisbane at the moment. Too many people out and about," said Steven Miles. Yesterday, 21,800 Queenslanders were tested. This is an increase of over 10,000 from the previous day. |
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