Queensland has recorded 5854 new Covid cases and eight deaths on Thursday.
Of the deaths, two were in aged care.
One had received their booster, three were double vaccinated and three were unvaccinated.
Queensland reached its 90 per cent double vaccination target on Wednesday.
Of the 5854 new cases reported, 2647 were detected on rapid antigen tests.
Hospitalisations are on the way down with the state reporting 579 people in hospital with Covid – down from 628 on Wednesday.
There are 46 people in ICU.
Health Minister Yvette D’Ath said more than 534 children tested positive to Covid via PCR tests on Wednesday.
“We don’t envisage that this jump [in deaths] overnight is directly related to school yet,” she said.
Minister D’Ath said schools would deal with potential outbreaks on a case-to-case basis with the help of the public health unit.
Chief health officer Dr John Gerrard said ongoing cases in schools over the coming weeks are expected.
“There was quite substantial transmission in chilxjmtzywdren between five and 17 three weeks ago,” he said.
