Queensland has two consecutive days of no new cases of local community transmission, with Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announcing the state’s COVID numbers on Saturday.
There were five new cases recorded, but all were detected in hotel quarantine and acquired overseas, Ms Palaszczuk announced on social media.
A mask-wearing pedestrians on the Goodwill Bridge near Southbank in the heart of Brisbane.Credit:Getty Images
More than 14,000 tests were done in the past 24 hours and the state now has 49 active COVID cases, but none pose a significant threat to the greater community.
On Friday, Queensland had no new local or overseas acquired cases – a doughnut day – and more than 14,500 tests were completed in that 24-hour period.
It came as Victoria announced it would downgrade Brisbane, Moreton Bay and regions of the Sunshine Coast from “red zones” to “orange zones” at 11.59pm on Saturday.
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This means Victorians in those areas can return home without needing to quarantine for 14 days, as long as they get tested within 72 hours of returning, and isolate until they get a negative result.
The same will go for Queenslanders coming to Victoria from those local government areas.
A week ago in Queensland, large parts of the state were in lockdown as contact tracers tried to get on top of several small clusters that popped up in a matter of days.
Queensland records second day of no local COVID cases from 14,000 tests - Brisbane Times
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