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Queensland now has most active COVID-19 cases in Australia
More coronavirus patients were being cared for in Queensland than anywhere else in Australia on Wednesday as more positive cases flocked south from Papua New Guinea.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said there were 67 active cases in Queensland and about half were returned travellers from PNG.
More COVID-positive patients are being cared for in Queensland than anywhere else in Australia. Credit:Joe Armao
Four new cases were detected in Queensland in the past 24 hours, two people from PNG and one who had been in transit through the Pacific nation.
On Wednesday NSW had 56 active cases and Victoria zero, after the state paused all international arrivals last month.
Ms Palaszczuk said the threat of the pandemic was still present.
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