Beijing Daily client
The fifth wave of the epidemic rebound in Hong Kong slowed slightly, but it was still at a high level, with fewer than 8,000 new confirmed cases for three consecutive days. Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Department of the Health Protection Center of the Department of Health of the SAR Government, reported on the afternoon of September 14 that as of 0:00 on the same day, 2,139 new confirmed nucleic acid tests in Hong Kong were confirmed in and 5,279 cases of rapid antigen tests after nucleic acid retest were positive, and 161 new imported cases were added. has a total of 7579 new confirmed cases and 10 new deaths throughout the day.
So far, the cumulative number of infections in this round of epidemic has exceeded 1.66 million, reaching 1662,084; the cumulative number of deaths has reached 9,617, with a mortality rate of nearly 0.58%. According to He Wanxia, general administrative manager of (patient safety and risk management), Hong Kong Hospital Authority, 10 patients died in the past day, including 8 men and 2 women, aged between 72 and 99 years old, of which 4 had not completed three vaccinations. Currently, 2834 new crown patients are hospitalized for treatment, of which 51 are in critical condition (including 13 in ICU), and 55 are serious.
Zhang Zhujun (left), He Wanxia reported the latest epidemic
Zhang Zhujun said that since the peak of this round of epidemic, there have been about 400 deaths from since May, with a mortality rate of about 0.1% , of which 70% are over 80 years old. The mortality rate of has decreased compared with previous ones, which is believed to be related to the increase in vaccination rate. She emphasized that vaccination is the best way to prevent severe illness.
In terms of hospitals and schools, 6 new nursing homes and 2 disabled homes have been added to report cases, a total of 11 hospitalists and 2 employees have been confirmed, and 80 people have been listed as close contacts and need to be quarantined. Today (14th), 785 schools reported that 1,414 students and 211 faculty and staff tested positive, and 545 schools each reported at least 2 positive cases in the past week; 38 new schools had a small outbreak, and a total of 46 epidemic-related classes were suspended for one week.
Omickron variant virus infection has been on the rise again, with BA.5 or BA.4 infected people accounting for nearly 80% of the new cases in Hong Kong, of which BA.5 and BA.4 account for 70% and 9% respectively; BA.2.12.1 account for 4.6%.
