The fifth wave of the epidemic spread rapidly in Hong Kong.
According to the news, there were 350 confirmed cases in Hong Kong today (5th), far exceeding the record of 164 confirmed cases in a single day on January 27 this year.
▼The building where the confirmed cases lived on February 4▼
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The Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health announced yesterday (4th) that there were 130 new local confirmed cases, of which 59 were of unknown origin, and the proportion of cases without origin reached 45%.
The center also announced that the initial confirmed cases were 195, a new single-day high since the fifth wave of the epidemic.
According to the news, the number of newly confirmed cases in Hong Kong has doubled again today, reaching 350, which is set to become the record for the largest number of confirmed cases in a single day since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic in Hong Kong in 2020.
Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Centre for Health Protection, explained yesterday that since some of the preliminary confirmed cases were first tested by private laboratories, the samples had to be transferred to the government laboratory for re-examination before formal diagnosis could be made. Therefore, the number of cases that were initially positive earlier. , may not be reflected in the newly confirmed cases yesterday.
It is believed that there are 350 new confirmed cases today, including the preliminary confirmed cases earlier.
In addition, it was reported that there were at least 150 new preliminary positive cases in Hong Kong today.
▼February 4th Kai Tak Jiahui enclosure inspection▼
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