BREAKING: Covid continues to race across Queensland but authorities warn the daily numbers are a “gross underestimate” of the true tally.
Friday’s new record daily tally comes even as people are being steered away from PCR testing unless absolutely necessary, a move designed to ease pressures on a gridlocked testing system.
Queensland hospitalisations rose from 265 to 327 people in the 24 hours to 7pm Thursday, with 14 people now in intensive care, up from 12. Dr Gerrard conceded the state’s official statistics are believed to be a “gross underestimate of the true numbers”, with hospitalisations expected to peak “in their thousands”.“It‘s expected in the next two-to-three weeks to increase very substantially and hospitals are now preparing.The demand for testing has become so high in the state’s metro south east region, some Queenslanders have reported waiting up to nine hours for a PCR test.
Queensland Health Minister Yvette D’Ath said her department was working on a system to allow residents to notify authorities of their at-home results.“That will help us model and understand the growth of the virus in the community and the likely hospitalisation rate — I think it is really important,” Ms D‘Ath said.
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