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Queensland s latest Covid outbreak of the Indian delta variant continues to grow, with 16 new cases of community transmission announced on Tuesday morning.
Brisbane schools continue to be the focus of the latest outbreak, with one new case linked to Indooroopilly State High School, two cases linked to Brisbane Girls Grammar School and three new cases linked to Ironside State High School.
Five new cases are household or family contacts of already confirmed cases. Another was a neighbour of a known case.
The new cases bring the number of active cases linked to the current outbreak to 47.
Deputy Premier Steven Miles said 34,718 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours.
Queensland Health authorities concerned for young people as state records 16 new infections
Queensland Chief Health Officer Doctor Jeannette Young is still concerned how the state s current outbreak occurred after another double digit increase in cases on Tuesday.
David WuDigital Reporter
August 3, 2021 - 10:40AM
Queensland Health authorities are still trying to determine how two overseas cases transmitted the virus to a teenager from Indooroopilly.
Contact tracers believed two people, one from Indonesia, the other from the UK - that arrived in Brisbane on June 29 - somehow spread it to the index case, a teenager, before transmission across a number of schools and household family members.
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Queensland has reported 16 new locally acquired coronavirus cases linked to the Indooroopilly Delta cluster that plunged 11 areas, including Brisbane, into an eight-day lockdown.
At least nine of the latest positive cases were children.
One case was linked to Indooroopilly State High School, four were linked to Brisbane Grammar, two were linked to Brisbane Girls Grammar School with a student and a teacher testing positive, three at Ironside State School, five were household or family contacts of already confirmed cases and one was a neighbour of a known case.
The latest cases brings Queensland’s total number of COVID cases to 47.
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