Queensland records two new cases overnight - including one on the Sunshine Coast - as the state brings in compulsory mask rules and new restrictions for home visits and businesses

Queensland recorded two Covid cases overnight including a woman on the Sunshine Coast testing positive to the highly-contagious Indian Delta variant.  

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced new restrictions would apply in the state from 1am tomorrow as a result of the discovery of the strain.

A female miner from the Bli Bli area of the Sunshine Coast had been confirmed as testing positive to the Delta strain.

Ms Palaszczuk urged any Sunshine Coast residents with symptoms to go and get tested immediately. 

'This a highly infectious strain and we need to get on top of this very, very quickly,' she said. 

Only some fans at last night's State of Origin match in Brisbane bothered with masks 

WHAT ARE THE NEW COVID RESTRCITIONS IN QUEENSLAND?

Detection of a woman with the Delta strain of Covid-19 on the Sunshine Coast mean the following restrictions will be introduced in Queensland: 

- Mandatory mask wearing from 1am, Tuesday June 29 in eleven LGAs including Brisbane, Noosa, Sunshine Coast, Logan, Ipswich, Moreton, Redlands, Ipswich, Gold Coast, Scenic Rim and Somerset.

- Masks do not need to be worn while driving or exercising 

- Seating in cafes and restaurants and compulsory check-in 

- Limits of 30 people allowed to visit in homes, including children.

- One person per 4sqm restriction in public places.  

- Weddings and funerals are limited to 100 people. Only 20 people are permitted to dance at one time at weddings 

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WHAT ARE THE NEW COVID RESTRCITIONS IN QUEENSLAND?

Detection of a woman with the Delta strain of Covid-19 on the Sunshine Coast mean the following restrictions will be introduced in Queensland: 

- Mandatory mask wearing from 1am, Tuesday June 29 in eleven LGAs including Brisbane, Noosa, Sunshine Coast, Logan, Ipswich, Moreton, Redlands, Ipswich, Gold Coast, Scenic Rim and Somerset.

- Masks do not need to be worn while driving or exercising 

- Seating in cafes and restaurants and compulsory check-in 

- Limits of 30 people allowed to visit in homes, including children.

- One person per 4sqm restriction in public places.  

- Weddings and funerals are limited to 100 people. Only 20 people are permitted to dance at one time at weddings 

'We’re going back now to the restrictions we put in place in January.' 

A new mask mandate was introduced for large areas of south-east Queensland from 1 am tomorrow.   

Eleven LGA areas Council areas including Brisbane, Noosa, Sunshine Coast, Logan, Ipswich, Moreton, Redlands, Ipswich, Gold Coast, Scenic Rim and Somerset will now require residents to wear masks.

The mask wearing mandate will apply for the next two weeks. 

Masks do not need to be worn while driving a car or while outside exercising. 

Only 30 people would be allowed to visit people in their homes and the one person per 4sqm restriction had also been reintroduced in public places.  

People visiting restaurants and cafes must be seated, and must use Queensland's check-in app on entry. 

Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young urged people in the affected LGAs to being wearing masks now to combat the spread of the Delta strain. 

Queensland now has 41 active cases of Covid-19, from 6656 tests conducted in the past 24 hours. 

Moe than 5700 people in the state received a Covid-19 vaccine yesterday. 

Dr Young said 56,000 people had checked in at the State of Origin match at Suncorp Stadium last night. 

'We are not going to change the capacity allowed for seated and ticketed events,' she said, 'because I know how well have been managing their Covid-safe plans.'  

The woman from the Sunshine Coast had been active out in the community for a day after contracting the virus, revealed Dr Young.

'She came to us so quickly and got tested,' she said. 

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced the new cases at a press conference in Brisbane on Monday morning

Fans seen outside of Suncorp Stadium at last night's State of Origin match - 56,000 people were asked to check in before entry to the ground

She said a list of exposure sites would be released later today, including petrol stations and a cafe. 

The second case is linked to the Portuguese Family Centre outbreak caused by an overseas Emirates flight attendant who tested positive after observing 14 days hotel quarantine a week ago. 

A third case is in hotel quarantine and posed no concern, said Dr Young. 

Both Ms  Palaszczuk and Deputy Premier Seven Miles renewed their attacks on the failure of Australia's hotel quarantine system and argued for a reduction in international arrivals into Australia.

'Our caps need to be lowered for overseas arrivals,' Ms Palaszczuk said.

Mr Miles said purpose-built quarantine facilities should already have been built. 

'We wouldn’t be reducing our number of international arrivals, if we had purpose-built facilities,' he said.