Queensland has recorded six COVID-19 deaths and 4114 new cases with the government hoping to lift a statewide suspension of elective surgery next week.
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The new cases emerged after 5771 tests across Queensland in the 24 hours to 6.30am on Monday.
Health Minister Yvette D'Ath said there are 401 patients in hospital and another 34 in intensive care.
She said with hospital numbers falling some individual cases of elective surgery have occurred and a statewide suspension on elective surgery could be lifted next week.
"Our statewide suspension of elective surgery is still in place till the end of the month," Ms D'Ath told reporters on Monday.
"So I'm really hoping that when I talk to all the HHSs (Hospital and health services) over the next few days, and senior leadership in health, that they're going to be able to say to me that we can get back to having elective surgery.
"It will probably be phased in, but we will have more to say about that in the next few days."
However, she said discussions were still under way about lifting other restrictions such as the indoor face mask mandate.
Ms D'Ath said restrictions lifting in NSW and Victoria brought those states into line with Queensland rather than making them any freer.
"So we'll have our discussions (on restrictions) this week," the minister said.
"The premier (Annastacia Palaszczuk) made it clear that we would let everyone know by the end of the week, or the end of the month."
Meanwhile, there is ongoing concern that vaccination rates among school children are not increasing faster.
A total of 1360 Queenslanders aged between five and 17 have tested positive for the virus in the past 24 hours.
"We are not even at the half way mark of our five- to 11-year-olds being vaccinated," Ms D'Ath said.
"We know people are still coming out and getting their booster, which is fantastic news, but we're not seeing the vaccination rates in our young people at the rate that we should."
But the return of face-to-face learning has not resulted in an increase in student hospital admissions in the past 24 hours, Chief Medical Officer John Gerrard said.
"And no increase since the opening of schools exactly two weeks ago," he said.
Just over 90.6 per cent of Queenslanders aged 16 and over have had at least two doses, with 63.11 per cent of those eligible receiving a third jab.
Australian Associated Press
