The Queensland premier says the state is "coming off the wave" of COVID-19 with five deaths and 4571 new cases in its latest reporting period, as the auditor-general probes the Wellcamp quarantine facility.
The new virus infections emerged after 10,912 tests across Queensland in the 24 hours to 6.30am on Thursday.
There are 252 patients being treated for COVID-19 in hospital and another 17 in intensive care, with Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk saying both numbers are falling despite the recent floods in the state's southeast.
"That means we are coming off the wave," she told reporters on Thursday.
"That does not mean that COVID is not out there, and it's not having an impact on people, and some people are ending up in hospital, and tragically some people are losing their lives."
Meanwhile, Auditor-General Brendan Worrall says he will consider a request from Liberal National Party finance spokesman Jarrod Bleijie to investigate the setting up of the Wellcamp quarantine facility.
The government has revealed it paid Wagner Corporation $48.8 million to build the 1000-bed camp near Toowoomba, but they have refused to reveal how much they are forking out to lease it back from the company, or the details of the tender process.
"Taxpayers are paying for this quarantine facility at Wellcamp - and the government have been hiding the figures for this for months now," Bleijie told reporters on Thursday.
Mr Worrall said his agency will probe whether the state government's accounting books were accurate in relation to the Wellcamp project.
Mr Bleijie said it was important for the auditor-general to investigate the use of taxpayers' money for the facility, and said the premier and ministers must co-operate.
Ms Palaszczuk welcomed the probe, saying it was normal for the auditor to conduct "random checks" on government projects.
"Let me just say very clearly, the Queensland government stepped up and built a quarantine facility," she told reporters on Thursday.
"We have that facility now, and it is actually there for the future, the future of this state."
Mr Palaszczuk only revealed the building cost of Wellcamp after she challenged the federal government to do the same for a similar project at Pinkenba.
The 800-bed facility near Brisbane Airport is being built jointly by the state and federal governments.
The Commonwealth revealed a $350-$400 million price tag for Pinkenba, prompting Ms Palaszczuk to unveil the $48.8 million cost of Wellcamp.
Meanwhile, the state's COVID-19 vaccine rollout is continuing with 93.07 per cent of eligible Queenslanders having had one dose and 91.16 per cent having received two.
