Eighteen more COVID-19 deaths are reported in Queensland as the number of people in hospital with the virus continues to decline.
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It is the highest number of deaths from COVID reported during a reporting period and falls on the second anniversary of the first case being detected in the state.
There are now 818 people in hospital after contracting the virus, down slightly from yesterday, and of those patients 54 are in intensive care units.
Twelve of the latest deaths were residents in aged care facilities.
Of those that died, six were unvaccinated, including a person in their 30s, nine had received two doses of vaccine and three had received boosters.

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