The number of Queenslanders hospitalised for COVID-19 has more than doubled in three weeks, prompting the state's top doctor to urge people to get booster vaccinations for the virus.
There are currently 207 Queenslanders in hospital after contracting COVID-19, which is up from 75 people three weeks ago.
"We're sitting at about 207 patients in hospital so the numbers are not big yet, but the numbers are climbing steadily," he said.However, Dr Gerrard said he expected the current wave would be over before Christmas."COVID-19 has not established a predictable seasonal pattern as yet and it continues to mutate, which is why we all need to be vigilant," he said.
"We saw fewer people get vaccinated against the flu and almost all of our presentations to our emergency departments were for people who were unvaccinated," Ms Fentiman said.
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