Queensland records 10 COVID-19 related deaths and rise in cases

New South Wales has reported 12 COVID-19 related deaths while Queensland recorded 10 fatalities overnight.

NSW has recorded 19,060 new cases in the past 24 hours.

This is a slight drop in case numbers from yesterday's 20,050 infections.

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The state recorded 1090 people in hospital with the virus and 29 admitted to ICU.

There were 1060 people in hospital yesterday and 32 ICU admissions.

Queensland

Queensland has recorded 7120 new COVID-19 cases overnight.

The state also reported 10 deaths.

There are 235 people in hospital with the virus and 18 people in ICU.

Today's case numbers have slightly risen in comparison to yesterday's 6103, but hospitalisations have dropped.

Victoria

Victoria has recorded 7847 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours.

There were also two deaths.

This is a drop from yesterday's 9036 infections.

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There are 210 people in hospital with the virus and 23 people in ICU.

This number has risen from yesterday's 199 hospitalisations and 23 ICU admissions.

Concerns over another wave of COVID-19 in coming months

Authorities are warning of yet another wave of COVID-19 cases in the autumn months due to the emergence of the BA.2 Omicron variant.

Infectious disease modeller Professor Nick Golding said it's hoped the next wave will be "half" the size of previous waves.

"Hopefully not as big as the previous spike," he said.

"We think the infections from BA.1 Omicron protect you against BA.2.

"Which means it's not going to get to a huge peak like the last."

"Hopefully smaller, maybe half as small."

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It comes as health workers are hitting the streets in Perth today to conduct COVID-19 testing to understand the transmission of the virus in the community.

"We want to know how much COVID-19 there is in Perth we're not finding," Professor Golding said.

"We know there are asymptomatic cases."

Professor Golding called the testing a "research project" to understand community transmission and predict the next wave of the virus.