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October 24, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

Another 20 deaths were added to Queensland\u2019s official COVID-19 toll on Friday, taking the total number of fatalities since the pandemic began to 2256.<\/p>\n

All but seven of these deaths have occurred since the Omicron wave coincided with the re-opening of Queensland\u2019s borders.<\/p>\n

The latest deaths occurred in the seven days prior to midnight on October 18.<\/p>\n

The Queensland Health statistics show there are currently 109 people being treated for COVID-19 in Queensland hospitals, including two patients in intensive care.<\/p>\n

This is a tiny increase on the previous week’s statistics.<\/p>\n

A total of 5283 new cases were officially reported to Queensland Health during the seven days, a figure which is known to be under-estimated as many people are no longer reporting positive RAT tests after the abolition of mandatory isolation.<\/p>\n

Nationally, 1446 people were being treated for COVID-19 in hospital (down 2.7 per cent from the previous week), including 40 patients in ICU.<\/p>\n

During the past week, 30,951 cases of COVID-19 were officially reported across Australia, at an average of 4422 new cases per day.<\/p>\n

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Statistics released by the Australian Bureau Of Statistics last week show COVID-19 was the 34th leading cause of death in Australia in 2021, with deaths largely occurring during the Delta wave.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There were 1122 deaths due to COVID-19 registered, 98.9 per cent which occurred between July-December (ie. the Delta wave).<\/p>\n

There were a further 31 people who died of other causes (eg. cancer) with COVID-19 as a contributory cause of death.<\/p>\n

The profile of people who died from COVID-19 during the Delta wave differed from those who died during Waves 1 and 2 of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

Of these Delta wave deaths:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • The median age at death was 79.1. This compares with a median age of 86.9 in 2020.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    • Over half were male (660 male deaths, 462 female deaths). In 2020, just over half the people who died from COVID-19 were female.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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      • Pneumonia was the most common acute disease outcome and was present in 60.0 per cent of COVID-19 deaths in 2021, compared with 31.2 per cent of COVID-19 deaths in 2020.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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        • Cardiac conditions were the most commonly reported pre-existing conditions (287 deaths). The most commonly reported pre-existing condition in 2020 was dementia, including Alzheimer\u2019s disease.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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          • NSW (557 deaths) and Victoria (553 deaths) had the highest number of deaths. In 2020, most deaths occurred during Wave 2 in Victoria.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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