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Keira Jenkins

SHOCKING: Alert over summer spike in covid respiratory illnesses | Mind Blowing Facts

The number of people being treated for COVID in Queensland has risen sharply. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

An unseasonal spike in respiratory illnesses has hit Queensland, prompting a warning from the chief health officer in the lead up to Christmas.

Across the state there are 322 people hospitalised with COVID-19 - four times the number treated in October.

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