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Subscriber only ONLY now, 12 months on from the first recorded case in Queensland, is the real toll from COVID-19 emerging. Below are the responses to a parliamentary health committee inquiry. COVID DEATHS One year on since the first recorded COVID death, the figures worldwide have topped more than two million people. Cases have now climbed to 95 million worldwide. Six deaths were recorded at the beginning of the pandemic in Queensland; none since. The state has had 1303 positive COVID-19 cases, of which 23 are currently active, all isolated in hospital. Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young said she was proud of the state s response with minimal community transmission, but regarded the risk as remaining high with the virus still detected in wastewater.
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The new case of the mutant strain was detected in a recently returned overseas traveller to Queensland. Meanwhile, Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young today said a decision on border restrictions amid worsening COVID outbreaks in NSW and Victoria would be made on January 8. No new cases were reported in Queensland today. Dr Young said the man who tested positive to the super-contagious South African strain was aged in his 50s and had travelled from South Africa, the UK and Qatar. He was currently in hospital. This detection further highlights the importance of our hotel quarantine policy, especially for overseas travellers, she said.