Covid cases have 'almost certainly' spiked beyond a million in Queensland, as the state's plain-speaking top doctor tells anti-vaxxers they're putting their lives at risk and warns: 'You can't hide from this virus'.
Official QLD Health data shows there are currently about 85,000 active Covid cases in the state, with around 250,000 infections since borders reopened last month.
But chief health officer Dr John Gerrard said the 'real number' is far higher, as Queenslanders struggle to get diagnosed with long lines at PCR testing clinics and a nationwide shortage of at-home RAT kits.
Covid cases have 'almost certainly' spiked beyond a million in Queensland, as the state's plain-speaking top doctor warns anti-vaxxers 'you can't hide from this virus' and you are 'putting your lives at risk' (pictured, protestors at a Queensland anti-vaxxer rally)
Chief health officer Dr John Gerrard (pictured) says the 'real number' of Covid infections is far higher
Dr Gerrard said it's overwhelmingly the unvaccinated choking up the hospital system (pictured, anti-vaxxers protest in Queensland)
'It's a very large number, it's almost certainly greater than a million,' he said.
'We don't know the true number because not everybody's getting tested.'
The state recorded another 15,050 new infections and 10 deaths on Saturday, with 884 people being treated in hospital and 52 in intensive care.
But Dr Gerrard said it's overwhelmingly the unvaccinated choking up the hospital system.
'It is a very bad idea not to be vaccinated,' he warned. 'The virus is not going to go away.
'It's going to be with us forever so you won't be able to hide from this virus.'
Queensland recorded another 15,050 new infections and 10 deaths on Saturday, with 884 people being treated in hospital and 52 in intensive care (pictured, a health worker
