COVID-19 update 331 | 23/01/2022
Dear colleagues,
- Fit testing activity
- Upcoming vidcasts
Today there are 11,947 reported new cases of COVID-19 in Queensland. A quick update on fit testing today as we head into a new week at Metro North.
Fit testing activity
Our fit testing program is now even more available across our facilities. We are focusing on ensuring staff identified in the priority high risk group are fit tested as soon as possible. For a list of fit testing programs available at Metro North visit the extranet.
A reminder that fit testing sites that aren’t listed as ‘walk-ins’ require a booking. Please get in touch with your facility EOC to arrange a time.
Upcoming vidcasts
COVID-19
- Tuesday, 25 January with Acting Chief Executive Jackie Hanson and Incident Controller Louise O’Riordan.
- Tune in at 12.00pm here.
COVID-19 and wellbeing
- Thursday, 27 January with Chief Allied Health Practitioner and Staff Psychologist Drew Craker.
- Tune in at 10.00am here.
I hope you all had a lovely weekend and made the most of today’s beautiful weather. For staff who worked, I hope you enjoy a good rest soon – thank you for your work!
Kind regards,
Dr Liz Rushbrook
Metro North Health Incident Controller
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Current Metro North Health tier activated – Tier 4
Helpful links
- Register your positive RAT result
- 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*
| Patients managed by HHS | Fever clinics | ||||||
| Total in-patients | Virtual ward/ HITH/ similar | Deaths** | No. of clinics | Presentations | |||
| Total | ICU patients | Total^ | |||||
| ICU not ventilated | ICU ventilated | ||||||
| 166 | 10 | 2 | 1188 | 8 | 8 | 1099 | |
Norfolk Island – overview of cases****
| Patients managed by HHS | Close Contacts in quarantine | ||||||
| Total in-patients | Virtual ward/ HITH/ similar | Total cases including recovered | Deaths | ||||
| Total | ICU patients | ||||||
| ICU not ventilated | ICU ventilated | ||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 77 | 0 | 19 | |
*As at the above date
**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.
**** As part of an Intergovernmental Agreement, from 1 January 2022 Metro North Health is providing a number of health support services to Norfolk Island. This includes advice and support to staff on island in terms of managing COVID patients. The numbers in this section of the table refer to COVID patients who remain on Norfolk Island and are receiving direct care by staff on Norfolk Island.