UPDATE - COVID-19

6 August 2021

Data update for Indooroopilly cluster

The state recorded 10 locally acquired cases today, all linked to the ‘Indooroopilly cluster’.

Two of these cases had been infectious in the community for a total of one day. The remainder were in quarantine.

The cases take the cluster to 89, which includes 57 people aged 19 or under.

This includes 48 students and four teachers. Five schools are associated with this cluster.

There are more than 13,100 contacts associated with the cluster, including more than 8,500 in home quarantine. Of these, 400 are health workers.

Around 48,000 people were tested across Queensland yesterday, an achievement Dr Young was hopeful the state could repeat over the next few days at least.

To access a full list of COVID-19 testing locations, with interactive map and post code search, visit www.qld.gov.au/covid19testing.

Public health alert – new exposure sites for Karana Downs, Seventeen Mile Rocks and Brisbane Airport (Domestic)

A public health alert is being issued for contact tracing locations in Karana Downs, Seventeen Mile Rocks and Brisbane Airport (Domestic).

More than 300 exposure sites are published on the Queensland Health contact tracing webpage and Queenslanders are reminded to keep checking the list.

If you have been to a listed location in the specified timeframe, follow the public health advice.

Contact tracing venues can be found at Contact tracing (exposure sites) — coronavirus (COVID-19).

If you have any COVID-19 symptoms at any time, no matter how mild, you should immediately get tested for COVID-19.

Central Queensland update

Queensland Health has completed day 5-7 testing for all contacts in quarantine from the Rookwood Weir Camp, with all results negative.

Some contacts who live in the region will be moved to home quarantine to complete the remainder of their 14 days.

Wastewater detections

Viral fragments of SARS-CoV-2 have been detected in sewage during recent testing at sites covering suburbs in Brisbane’s north and south, as well as multiple Sunshine Coast and Cairns suburbs.

The fragments could either indicate the presence of an undiagnosed case of COVID-19 in the community or that a case who is no longer infectious is still shedding fragments of the virus.

We encourage people to get tested for COVID-19 if they have any symptoms that are consistent with COVID-19, particularly if they live in or have recently been in these areas.

To find out if your suburb is serviced by these treatment plants, visit https://www.qld.gov.au/health/conditions/health-alerts/coronavirus-covid-19/current-status/wastewater/wastewater-areas.

Seeking test results

Queenslanders have done an incredible job, coming out in droves to get tested and because of your efforts we’ve been able to blitz our record not once but twice this week.

We have done more than double the amount of daily testing before we were in lockdown so this will undoubtedly impact the turnaround of testing results. We thank Queenslanders for their patience.

If you’ve been tested in a public Queensland Health facility and have not received a call or SMS notification, within 72 hours, and would like to follow up your negative test result, you can call Pathology Queensland on 1800 472 847.

This service is available from Monday to Friday, 8.00am to 5.30pm and Saturday, Sunday and public holidays, 8.00am to 1.00pm. Hours may be extended during periods of expanded and surge testing.

Queensland tests completed by Hospital and Health Service (HHS)