More than three million Queenslanders will enter into the state s strictest lockdown ever after six new Covid cases were recorded on Saturday - with NRL, AFL and Super Netball games all cancelled.
From 4pm on Saturday 3.2million residents from 11 LGAs in the state will be confined to their homes for three days until 4pm on Tuesday.
The new cases are all confirmed to be the highly contagious Indian delta strain of the virus.
The LGas affected include Brisbane, Moreton Bay, Gold Coast, Ipswich, Lockyer Valley, Logan, Noosa Shire, Redland City, the Scenic Rim Regional Council, the Somerset Regional Council and the Sunshine Coast Regional Council.
Queensland Health lists new COVID-hit venues, including Brisbane hostel where infected case stayed
A man who completed two-week hotel quarantine in Queensland after returning from the Philippines has tested positive to coronavirus while out and about in the community. Here are the latest exposure sites.
Zoe ZaczekDigital Reporter
July 29, 2021 - 9:10AM
Two hostels and Brisbane Airport are on COVID-alert after a man spent four days in the community while potentially infectious.
Queensland Health on Wednesday announced 20 new coronavirus cases, including one in the community and 19 aboard an offshore ship off the coast of the Sunshine State.
The local case is a man who returned to Australia from the Philippines.