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Written by: Ma Weijie
2020-08-01 17:53
Last update date: 2020-08-01 17:53The death toll of confirmed patients continues to increase. The Hospital Authority announced today (1st) that one elderly patient died in each of the four hospitals, and the cumulative death toll increased to 31; and another 88-year-old male last night (July 31) Japan) was admitted to the hospital due to shortness of breath and passed away this morning before a test result. The patient is classified as a preliminary confirmed patient, which will increase to 32 deaths.
Among the four confirmed patients who passed away today, the male patient number 1413 was a member of the Tsz Wan Shan Gangtai Nursing Center and the seventh deceased in the hospital, accounting for 20% of the 34 confirmed residents. Only three residents in the hospital were not infected, but the husband of one of the residents suspected of visiting his wife in Hong Kong and Thailand every day. Although he was separated by a glass door, he still contracted the disease and died.
The Queen Mary Hospital announced in the afternoon that an 86-year-old male patient who was diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia died today. He is a long-term patient and has no travel history. He started coughing on July 11 and was sent to the hospital by the quarantine center to be diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia. After the patient was admitted to the hospital, his condition continued to deteriorate, and he left at 9.50 am today.
He was one of the 34 confirmed residents of the Hong Kong-Thailand Nursing Center. A total of 7 patients died with him, and the death rate reached 20%.
In addition, a 79-year-old female patient living in Xingcui House, Xinghua (1) Village, Chaiwan, was admitted to Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital on July 29 due to fever and asthma. The patient's condition continued to deteriorate and he was separated at 2:31 this afternoon.
Together with the above cases, a total of 31 confirmed cases of COVID-19 have passed away in public hospitals so far.
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