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Chief Health Officer Dr John Gerrard (Photo: Qld Health)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

January 21, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

Queensland’s death toll from COVID-19 has risen to 85 following the announcement of the latest 13 deaths on Friday morning.<\/p>\n

Two of the fatalities were in their 60s, five in their 70s, five in their 80s and one in their 90s.<\/p>\n

Only one had received a booster shot.<\/p>\n

Chief Health Officer Dr John Gerrard said there were now 855 people in hospital being treated for COVID-19, including 54 in intensive care; 22 patients were on ventilators.<\/p>\n

Dr Gerrard emphasised that if it were not for the “wholesale vaccination of Queenslanders”, these figures would be much higher.<\/p>\n

“We would not be talking about 855 people in hospital; we would be talking about thousands of people in hospital,” he said.<\/p>\n

“And almost certainly our hospital system would be overwhelmed by now.”<\/p>\n

There are currently an estimated\u00a086,000 active cases of COVID-19 in Queensland, with most being managed at home.<\/p>\n

A reported\u00a07460 cases have been recorded among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people since the pandemic began.<\/p>\n

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southburnett.com.au has been keeping track of some basic statistics for local Council areas since the re-opening of the State border on December 13.<\/strong><\/p>\n

These statistics, from Queensland Health, show the total number of confirmed positive cases per Local Government Area since the pandemic began in January 2020.<\/p>\n

They are NOT the total of current ACTIVE cases but demonstrate how the virus has spread recently throughout the local community.<\/p>\n

We have taken snapshots on Dec 13, Dec 21 and daily since December 29.<\/p>\n

These figures are current to 7:00pm on Wednesday (Jan 19) as the January 20 figures were not available:<\/strong><\/p>\n