Please attribute to Mackay HHS Executive Director of COVID-19 Julie Rampton
Mackay HHS has 319 new positive COVID-19 cases to make a total of 3704 active cases throughout the Mackay, Isaac and Whitsunday local government areas.
Of these 13 are in the COVID-19 Ward at Mackay Base Hospital and 37 are in Mackay Base Hospital Virtual Ward.
A total of 529 COVID-19 tests were done by Mackay HHS on 12 January 2022.
Background
The data is a combination of PCR testing done by the Mackay HHS, by private pathology providers and home RAT results people have lodged at https://www.qld.gov.au/rat-positive
For case numbers by local government area see Queensland COVID-19 statistics | Health and wellbeing | Queensland Government (www.qld.gov.au)
Queensland Health information: