Qld clocks up fifth new COVID case in a week as restriction rollbacks loom
Queensland recorded one new case of COVID-19 overnight – the fifth in the past seven days – after five cases were recorded in the fortnight before that.
Details about the new patient and where they may have contracted the virus were unclear at this stage.
Nurse Shirley Molloy swabs a patient for COVID-19 at a drive-through fever clinic on the Sunshine Coast.Credit:AAP
The new case comes as states edge closer to opening borders as part of efforts to ease restrictions to halt the virus.
Planning is under way to reopen the Queensland border on July 10, as flagged in the government's recovery roadmap.
The only thing understood to be standing in the way of such a commitment by the end of the month would be an outbreak following mass protests across the country last weekend or after today's refugee protests.
In an update posted to social media, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said 1065 cases of the virus had now been confirmed in the state. A total of 4852 tests were conducted on Friday.
Health Minister Steven Miles said on Thursday the state was continuing to test "close to that 5000 [a day] level that we aspired to".
A two-year-old boy who recently returned from overseas was the single case recorded on Friday. His family had quarantined in Victoria before travelling home to Queensland.
Mr Miles, who is also the Deputy Premier, said that case was "one of the youngest" in the state.
As of Friday, two of the four active cases in Queensland were in hospital, with one in intensive care.