21 October 2021
Dear colleagues
Today there is one new community case of COVID-19 on the Gold Coast. This new case has potentially been infectious in the community for up to 10 days, however further investigations are underway.
While contact tracing is underway, if you have been in the Broadbeach or Gold Coast areas since 11 October and have any symptoms, please get tested immediately.
Please remember to use the Qld Check In app everywhere you go and to wear your masks.
We will keep you updated as more information becomes available about this latest case.
Regards,
Louise O’Riordan
Metro North Health Incident Controller
Helpful links
- Upload evidence of your vaccine
- Qld Health contact tracing list
- Register for your vaccine
- Qld Health general COVID-19 page
- Metro North COVID-19 extranet
- COVID vidcast recordings on QHEPS
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 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 810 | 4 | 165 | 249,551 |
*As at 21/10/2021 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.