Dr Gerrard said the Gold Coast was a region of particular concern when it came to the spread of COVID. He said of the 21 ICU patients in Queensland, 11 are on the Gold Coast. “A quarter of the ward admissions, 101 out of 419 [are] currently on the Gold Coast, suggesting that there is a significant surge of the virus there on the Gold Coast,” Dr Gerrard said. “It’s not surprising given the sheer number of interstate visitors which would have caused seeding events to have occurred. “Of those 11 in the intensive care unit (on the Gold Coast), six are unvaccinated and they have classical COVID pneumonia which we saw in the pre-vaccination era.

Source: The Guardian January 10, 2022 12:44 UTC