Australia had its second deadliest day of the pandemic on Friday, but hospitals are tracking better than expected and booster shots are reducing severe disease.
Queensland coronavirus hospitalisations are expected to fall "sometime in the next seven days" as the Palaszczuk Government announced a vaccination blitz for students ahead of a return to school next week.
Residents of Queensland s aged care facilities make up half of those who have died from Covid-19 in the state, new federal Health Department figures reveal, as 212 nursing homes battle outbreaks.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced 10,212 new Covid cases and 13 deaths as the chief health officer said the Omicron peak may have been reached on Gold Coast.