Beijing Daily client
The fifth wave of the epidemic in Hong Kong rebounded severely, with nearly 10,000 new confirmed cases in in a single day. 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 August 28 that as of 0:00 on the same day, 2,930 new confirmed cases of nucleic acid test in Hong Kong were confirmed in and 6,565 cases of positive rapid antigen test after nucleic acid retest; 213 new imported cases were added. has a total of 9,708 new confirmed cases and 10 new deaths throughout the day.
So far, the cumulative number of infections in this round of epidemic in has exceeded 1.5 million people, and the cumulative number of infections in has reached 1501,359 people; the cumulative number of deaths has reached 9,451, and the mortality rate is about 0.63%. According to Li Liye, general administrative manager of (comprehensive clinical services), , 10 patients died in the past day, including 8 men and 2 women, aged between 62 and 99 years old, of which 6 had not completed three vaccinations and 1 "did not get a single shot". Currently, 2453 patients with new crown are hospitalized for treatment, of which 43 are in critical condition (including 13 in the ICU) and 41 are serious.
Zhang Zhujun (left), Li Liye reported the latest epidemic
Li Liye said that starting from the 29th, some general department outpatient clinics under the jurisdiction of the Medical Administration Bureau will adjust services, including suspending the diagnosis period of some clinics and reducing non-emergency surgeries and other services. The list of relevant clinics has been announced. Patients with occasional diseases can go to other general clinics or private medical institutions for treatment. The Bureau is working hard to fight the epidemic and mobilizes more resources according to changes in the epidemic. We hope that the general public will understand and do a good job in epidemic prevention.
In addition, the 17-month-old baby boy who was only vaccinated after the infection was reported recently is still receiving treatment in the ICU and has no cramps, but the situation is still serious. Another 10-year-old confirmed boy was transferred from the ICU to the general ward. His condition was stable and he needed low concentrations of oxygen supply.
Zhang Zhujun said that today (28th) is a holiday, and no new schools and classes need to be suspended due to small outbreaks. The infection of the Omickron variant virus has been on the rise again, with BA.5 (or BA.4) infected people accounting for more than 50% of the new cases in Hong Kong, while has reached 50.5%; BA.2.12.1 accounts for 7%.
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