So far, Queensland has confirmed 1019 infections and 738 of those patients have recovered.

Most students moved to online learning today for the start of the new term but there was a hitch when Education Queensland's learning portal website crashed.

The Education Department's Director-General Tony Cook put out a statement at 5.15pm, saying the site collapsed when more than 1.8 million people tried to visit in less than half an hour.

He says the department is taking "further actions"overnight in the hope of preventing another crash tomorrow.

Two of three Gold Coast beaches - Surfers Paradise and Coolangatta - have reopened for locals to exercise after the beaches were closed before Easter. The Gold Coast City Council will monitor the beaches this week and review the closure of The Spit next week.

And Virgin Australia has sparked a different type of state of origin battle.

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