Queensland has recorded 13 new COVID-19 deaths as the state changes rules to make boosters available sooner.
There are 855 people in hospital being treated for COVID symptoms, five more than yesterday.
Hospitalisations include 54 people in an intensive care unit and 22 on ventilators.
The state also confirmed 16,031 new infections, bringing the total number of active cases in the state to 86,036.
Of the people who died in the latest reporting period, two were aged in their 60s, two in their 70s, five in their 80s and one in their 90s.
Two were unvaccinated, one had a single dose of vaccine, eight were double dosed and only one had a booster.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced from Monday Queenslanders will be eligible for their booster shot of a COVID vaccine three months after their second.
"Our pharmacists will be prepared, our GPs will be prepared, our health centres will be prepared," she said.
So far just over 60 per cent of people eligible for the booster had come forward, health authorities said today.
Chief Health Officer John Gerrard said booster shots significantly decreased the risk of hospital admissions and urged anyone eligible to get their third shot as soon as possible.
"I just want to make something absolutely clear, so there's no doubt in anybody's mind, were it not for widescale vaccination in Queensland, today we would not be talking about 855 people in hospital, we would be talking about thousands of people," he said.
"Almost certainly our hospital system would be overwhelmed by now.
Ms Palaszczuk said the state had increased its order of rapid antigen tests (RATs) from 18 million to 23 million.
Of those, 1.5 million have just arrived and another 2 million would come in the "next couple of weeks".
She said they would go to health services and testing venues, for government staff and close contacts.
Check-in app won't be dropped
Brisbane's Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner today echoed Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate's push for the state government to reconsider mandatory check-ins at venues, claiming it was an imposition on both the public and business.
Mr Schrinner argued that people no longer saw the benefit of checking in because exposure sites were not being published.
"The government's not really using their check-in app, yet they're expecting other people to use it," he said.
Ms Palaszczuk today again rejected the call.
"We are going through a wave at the moment," she said.
"We are going to be peaking in the next two weeks."
People still need to check in via the app, the Premier said.
"That is to ensure that vaccinated people are going into certain venues ... feel safe during this particular period of time.
"We've seen the numbers in New South Wales in the past have gone higher and we've seen a large number of deaths reported today."
