Queensland COVID-19 statistics

Last updated: 3:15pm 21 September 2020 1 New cases (last 24h) 1,153 Total cases 1,067,786 Total tests 6 Total lives lost

Case summary

Cases Total Number of cases 1,153 Last 24 hours 1 Active cases[1] 16 Recovered 1,124 Current hospitalisations 4 Patients currently in ICU 0 Deaths 6 Cases of First Nations people [2] 10 Data as at 21/09/2020. Refer to data caveats.

Total cases—cumulative graph

The graph below shows the total number of cases in Queensland as they increase over time, as per the daily case number announcements.

Linear Logarithmic

Data as at 21/09/2020. Refer to data caveats.

Cases overview by Hospital and Health Service and region

Region Total cases Active cases[1] Total recovered Total deaths Queensland 1,153 16 1,124 6 HHS Cairns and Hinterland 39 0 38 0 Central Queensland 10 0 10 0 Central West 0 0 0 0 Childrens Health Queensland 0 0 0 0 Darling Downs 46 0 44 2 Gold Coast 199 2 199 0 Mackay 16 0 16 0 Mater Health Service 0 0 0 0 Metro North 325 1 321 3 Metro South 295 2 289 0 North West 0 0 0 0 South West 0 0 0 0 Sunshine Coast 97 0 96 1 Torres and Cape 0 0 0 0 Townsville 30 0 30 0 West Moreton 71 11 56 0 Wide Bay 25 0 25 0 Interstate/Other 0 0 0 0 Data as at 21/09/2020. Refer to data caveats.

Cases by Hospital and Health Service

Data as at 18/09/2020. Refer to data caveats.

Likely source of infection

Total cases 1,153 Locally Acquired—close contact with confirmed case 236 Locally Acquired—no known contact 42 Interstate acquired 21 Overseas acquired 854 Under investigation 0 Data as at 21/09/2020. Refer to data caveats.

Cases by Local Government Area and likely source of infection

Local Government Area Overseas acquired Locally acquired—contact known Locally acquired—no known contact Interstate acquired Under investigation Total BRISBANE (C) 340 83 18 6 0 447 BUNDABERG (RC) 12 2 0 0 0 14 CAIRNS (RC) 18 7 3 1 0 29 CASSOWARY COAST (RC) 2 0 0 0 0 2 CENTRAL HIGHLANDS (RC) 0 0 1 0 0 1 CHARTERS TOWERS (RC) 1 0 0 0 0 1 DOUGLAS (S) 2 0 0 0 0 2 FRASER COAST (RC) 8 1 1 0 0 10 GLADSTONE (RC) 0 1 0 0 0 1 GOLD COAST (C) 129 60 6 2 0 197 GYMPIE (RC) 2 2 0 0 0 4 HINCHINBROOK (S) 1 0 0 0 0 1 Interstate/Other 4 0 0 0 0 4 IPSWICH (RC) 25 33 1 0 0 59 LIVINGSTONE (S) 1 0 0 0 0 1 LOCKYER VALLEY (RC) 1 0 0 0 0 1 LOGAN (C) 32 14 5 3 0 54 MACKAY (RC) 8 2 0 0 0 10 MAREEBA (S) 2 0 0 0 0 2 MORETON BAY (RC) 86 8 2 1 0 97 NOOSA (S) 11 3 1 1 0 16 NORTH BURNETT (RC) 1 0 0 0 0 1 REDLAND (C) 17 2 2 1 0 22 ROCKHAMPTON (RC) 6 1 0 0 0 7 SCENIC RIM (RC) 4 1 0 0 0 5 SOMERSET (RC) 1 2 0 1 0 4 SOUTH BURNETT (RC) 1 0 0 1 0 2 SOUTHERN DOWNS (RC) 0 1 0 0 0 1 SUNSHINE COAST (RC) 68 5 2 2 0 77 TABLELANDS (RC) 4 0 0 0 0 4 TOOWOOMBA (RC) 33 7 0 1 0 41 TOWNSVILLE (RC) 27 0 0 1 0 28 WESTERN DOWNS (RC) 2 0 0 0 0 2 WHITSUNDAY (RC) 5 1 0 0 0 6 Total 854 236 42 21 0 1,153 C = Council, RC = Regional Council, S = Shire

Data as at 21/09/2020. Refer to data caveats.

Cases by Local Government Area

Data as at 18/09/2020. Refer to data caveats.

Cases by Local Government Area and likely source of infection

Locally Acquired—no known contact Data as at 18/09/2020. Refer to data caveats. Overseas acquired Data as at 18/09/2020. Refer to data caveats. Locally Acquired—close contact with confirmed case Data as at 18/09/2020. Refer to data caveats. Under investigation Data as at 18/09/2020. Refer to data caveats. Interstate acquired Data as at 18/09/2020. Refer to data caveats.

Age and gender of cases - table

Age group Number of COVID-19 cases Female Male Total 0-9 10 9 19 10-19 21 24 45 20-29 156 100 256 30-39 98 87 185 40-49 76 89 165 50-59 78 82 160 60-69 94 93 187 70-79 53 65 118 80-89 4 14 18 Data as at 21/09/2020. Refer to data caveats.

Age and gender of cases—graph

Testing

Region Samples tested Persons tested Tests per 100,000 persons Total Last 24 hours Total Last 24 hours Queensland 1,067,786 2,708 887,574 1,872 17,351 Data as at 21/09/2020. Refer to data caveats.

Self-quarantine notices - Queensland

Total

No. of persons subject to notice Self-quarantine notices issued 101,355 Active self-quarantine notices 4,153 Completed self-quarantine notices 97,202 Data as at 21/09/2020. Refer to data caveats.

Self-quarantine notices

Region Total self-quarantine notices

No. of persons subject to notice Active self-quarantine notices

No. of persons subject to notice Queensland 101,355 4,153 HHS Cairns and Hinterland 3,470 152 Central Queensland 1,446 9 Darling Downs 2,468 39 Gold Coast 18,618 900 Mackay 1,460 7 Metro North 29,822 2,242 Metro South 20,336 440 Sunshine Coast 6,607 71 Townsville 2,003 79 West Moreton 4,108 159 Wide Bay 1,934 9 Interstate/Other 9,083 46 Data as at 21/09/2020. Refer to data caveats.

Data caveats

Every effort is made to ensure the data is accurate at time of publication. It is point-in-time data. Data is subject to change as additional information is obtained.

There may be a lag in public reporting of particular data due to data quality assurance activities, ongoing maintenance and updating of notification details.

Daily case data:

Data presented in this report are updated daily where possible but should be considered with caution because they may change.

Daily case counts may vary over time due to ongoing investigations and case review.

Not all cases or active cases have required hospitalisation. To ensure privacy and confidentiality is maintained, hospitalisation data has been reported at a state level only.

Queensland’s case numbers include cases who are located in Queensland at the time of notification but normally reside overseas or in another State/Territory in Australia.

Total case numbers include both confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases as per the national case definition. Probable cases are based on serology results as well as clinical and epidemiological criteria and indicates a previous infection. Accordingly, a probable case could be included in the total case numbers but not be reported as a new case in the last 24 hours or as an active case. Probable cases may be recorded as a recovered case, but there may be a lag in this.

Each day, total cases may not equal active plus recovered plus deaths, as information for some cases is still pending and will be updated in due course.

Active:

Each day, total cases may not equal active plus recovered plus deaths, as information for some cases is still pending and will be updated in due course. In addition, active cases may be reported by Hospital and Health Service of treatment, or by a patient’s usual place of residence.

Therefore, some active cases may be reported as active in a particular HHS but may not be reported in that HHS’s case total.

Deaths:

Information about the death of a case with COVID-19 is made available by a clinician when a death certificate is completed. There may be a delay in obtaining and reporting this information. Therefore, the completeness, or any other attributes of COVID-related death data, should be interpreted with caution.

Recovered cases:

Recovered cases are cases reported as recovered by the responsible Public Health Unit plus cases that have a notification date of 30 days or more.

Interstate cases:

On 18 May 2020, the reporting requirements for cases of COVID-19 were revised nationally so that cases are consistently reported based on the jurisdiction where first diagnosed and treated, not their usual place of residence. This change may result in minor adjustments to which jurisdiction cases are reported in.

Prior to 18 May 2020, cases who normally reside in another State/Territory in Australia but were located in Queensland at the time of notification, were not included in Queensland’s case numbers.

Cases of First Nations people:

Total number of cases who have identified as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person.

Case data by Hospital and Health Service (HHS) and Local Government Area (LGA):

Location data (by HHS or by LGA) should be interpreted with caution.

In most cases the HHSs and LGAs are derived using the residential address when that case was notified but may alternatively have been derived from the location of the Public Health Unit managing the case, or the location where the test was ordered.

It does not necessarily reflect the current location of a case or where the infection was acquired.

To ensure privacy and confidentiality is maintained, data has been reported at an HHS level and at an LGA level and not at lower levels of geography.

These data also include temporary residential addresses for overseas or interstate visitors located in Queensland at the time of notification.

The HHS data do not reflect hospital admissions in each HHS. Not all cases with COVID-19 have required hospitalisation.

The LGA data are cumulative (total) notified case numbers.

Maps:

Data represented in the maps above are cumulative (total) notified case numbers. The maps should not be interpreted to reflect only current, notified active cases.

Likely source of infection:

Likely source of infection data are subject to change as public health investigations and case interviews are ongoing.

Testing:

Testing data is reported based on the best available data at the time of reporting. Data is subject to change, due to occasional data lags, data quality assurance activities, ongoing maintenance and as additional information is obtained.

Due to variances in reporting processes amongst different laboratory service providers in both public and private settings, data may include variances at the time of the data extraction and should be interpreted with caution.

Individuals may have multiple tests performed over time, by different laboratory service providers in public and private settings. The number of tests performed should therefore be interpreted with caution.

22 June 2020 - Queensland Health is today adding another 38,500 negative tests from a private pathology provider to its COVID-19 testing numbers. The remaining increase in total testing numbers is from our usual overnight reporting as well as ongoing data maintenance.