Queensland has recorded 9546 Covid cases and 11 deaths in the past 24 hours as the southeast braces to reach its peak of the Omicron wave next week.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said there were 929 people in hospital, significantly up from 878 reported yesterday.
More than 50 patient are in ICU.
Of the latest deaths in the state, none of the 11 people had received a booster shot. Four were unvaccinated.
Those who have died are all over 5o years-old.
More than 3845 rapid antigen test have been reported
Queensland residents are now eligible for their booster shot three months after their second.
Meanwhile, Dr Gerrard said Gold Coast hospitalisations have slightly decreased over the past four days.
He said the Gold Coast may have already reached it’s peak with Brisbane expecting to follow within seven days.
“So it would appear the Gold Coast is close to or passed the current peak,” Dr Gerrard said.
“We won‘t know for a week or so when we hit thxjmtzywe general peak for Queensland, particularly for southeast Queensland, exactly how high that peak of hospitalisations would be but we were certainly anticipating several thousand people in hospital.”
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the next two weeks are “very critical” as the state reaches the peak of Omicron.
“Of course the Gold Coast has seen higher figures than Brisbane and the regions but we expect that Brisbane will essentially be reaching its peak over the next couple of weeks and of course some parts of regional Queensland as well.” Ms Palaszczuk said.
