12 August 2021
Dear colleagues,
Queensland recorded 11 new cases today, with ten of those linked to the Indooroopilly cluster and one detected in hotel quarantine. All have been in quarantine during their infectious period.
Because some people have tested positive at their day 12 test, some families will remain in quarantine for another two weeks. Our thoughts are with those who will be staying home to keep other safe, especially any staff that are in this position. Thank you!
Border updates
- The Queensland border is now open to South Australia, but for flights only due to the risk of driving through NSW.
- Restrictions regarding Victoria will remain in place after news of the state’s extended lockdown period.
- Queenslanders living in or near the border with NSW are strongly encouraged to avoid any travel south of the border (excluding essential workers) due to the lockdown.
Helpful links
Metro North remains on Tier 1 in our COVID response plan and moderate risk PPE, with fever clinic staff and emergency department triage staff wearing P2/N95 masks.
Thank you everyone for your cooperation and teamwork during this time.
Regards,
Louise O’Riordan
Metro North Incident Controller
Metro North HHS – overview of cases*
| HHS | Patients being managed by HHS | FEVER Clinics | ||||||||
| Total In-patients | Virtual Ward / HITH / or similar | Deaths
** |
Total cases managed by HHS (including recovered)
*** |
#
of clinics |
Presentations | |||||
| ICU Pts | ||||||||||
| ICU-NOT Ventilated | ICU-Ventilated | Yesterday | TOTAL^ | |||||||
| MN TOTAL | 81 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 4 | 754 | 5 | 956 | 228,182 | |
*As at 12/08/2021 at 1000
**Metro North Health has four recorded deaths (one person a return traveller into NSW, who passed away in NSW)
*** These numbers reflect the cases being managed by Metro North Health.