Queensland has recorded another 12 COVID-19 deaths, and 5,178 new cases in the latest reporting period.
Of the deaths, nine were in aged care, but one person was in their 30s.
Chief Health Officer Dr John Gerrard said the death of the person in their 30s was a "somewhat unusual case".
"It's not clear to what extent COVID played a part in this person's death but it could have played a part so we include this case for the sake of transparency," he said.
He said the person also had a blood clot.
"Blood clots can occur in anyone and there are various risk factors for blood clots," he said.
"This particular individual had COVID-19 and a blood clot ... whether the COVID-19 was the cause of the blood clot or contributed to the blood clot, that's where it becomes complex. And that's why we've included this case in the data."
None of the people who died had received a booster and three were unvaccinated.
There are 663 COVID patients in public hospital, 42 in ICU and 22 of those are ventilated.
Child infections decline
With the return of students to school from yesterday, authorities said they would now be providing updates on COVID-19 cases in children.
Dr Gerrard said that in the last 24 hours, 313 children between the age of five and 17 had tested positive for the virus and 11 of that age group were in hospital.
"Most of, if not all of these will be in hospital for a reason other than COVID. So if they have appendicitis and happened to test positive, they will be included in this data, but it will give us some idea of what impact the return of schools has had," he said.
"There's been a substantial decline in the number of children infected In the last four weeks.
"What level of immunity that we'll have created in children as they go back to school is yet to be seen but we fully expect it will be a rise in cases in the coming weeks, but it will be interesting to see what happens and we'll be sharing that the data as it arrives with us."
Health Minister Yvette D'Ath said the virus had also claimed the lives of 11 First Nations people since the border reopened, and 16,256 people had tested positive.
"Now those 11 deaths obviously are tragic, but I'm pleased to see that we are not seeing a disproportionate number of First Nations people passing away from this virus at the current time, but we are still seeing low vaccination rates in some of our First Nations communities," she said.
Ms D'Ath said the Novavax vaccine will be provided in Queensland from February 21.
"There are discussions at the moment with the Commonwealth as to who will be provided with that Novavax. It is our preferred position that that will go to community pharmacies initially and to GPs, just as Moderna has now ... so that we can make this more business-as-usual as the vaccination program continues to roll out across the state."
Speaking from Bundaberg, Premier Annastacia Palasaczuk commended Wide Bay for being one of the most vaccinated regions in the state.
"Over 98 per cent now have their first dose in this region," she said.
"This is one of the highest-vaxxed areas in the state and I want to personally congratulate you for doing that."
Dr Gerrard said he couldn't be sure new strains of COVID-19 would reach Queensland, but that he was confident the state was well prepared for that scenario.
"I'm a glass half full kind of person. I'm very heartened by the level of immunity that we now have in our community, but of course anything could happen," he said.
"These viruses mutate naturally ... they change, they alter, and the level of immunity to one particular strain will change over time. Whether that leads to a substantial substance secondary wave, we just don't know."
