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Nick Gibbs

Queensland over peak of COVID-19 wave

The number of patients in hospital with COVID in Queensland has dropped weeks earlier than expected. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

The current wave of COVID-19 has peaked in Queensland as the number of patients in hospital with the virus drops weeks earlier than expected.

Health authorities had warned of a total hospital caseload of around 1660 in late August, but Chief Health Officer John Gerrard says the state hit a peak of 1123 on July 26.

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