Queensland has recorded 16 new locally-acquired cases of COVID-19 with authorities encouraged that all are linked to existing cases.
The 16 new cases recorded on Tuesday take the total number of cases in the existing west Brisbane outbreak to 47.
"So please get tested if any symptoms at all, come forward and get tested, and please don't move the virus."One new case is linked to Indooroopilly High School, four cases are linked to Brisbane Grammar School, two are linked to Brisbane Girls Grammar, three are inked to Ironside State School, five are household or family contacts of existing cases, and one is a neighbour of an existing case.Health Minister Yvette D'Ath said nine of the 16 new cases are children.
Deputy Police Commissioner Steve Gollschewski said police had issued 70 infringement notices and arrested 21 people with only a small proportion of those related to an anti-lockdown protest in Brisbane's CBD.
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