Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has likened the coronavirus outbreak to "being hit by 30 cyclones at once", confirming the state's budget will be pushed back, many Indigenous communities are in lockdown and grandparents should stay away from young children.

As Queensland's confirmed cases rose to 184 on Friday, up from 144 on Thursday and just 94 on Wednesday, Ms Palaszczuk said it was "absolutely critical" to reduce contact with other people as the state was yet to see widespread community transmission.

The new cases include 25 in Brisbane – including a police officer from the north Brisbane district – nine on the Gold Coast, three on the Sunshine Coast, one in Wide Bay and one in Mackay.

On Friday, the University of the Sunshine Coast announced it would suspend classes at every Queensland campus for all of next week to transition to "technology-enabled learning", so students didn't have to come to a campus.