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1,347 new cases were added, the number of newly diagnosed cases reached 2,000, and the number of patients doubled every 2 days

2022-02-13T09:30:23.322Z


The epidemic in Hong Kong is out of control and medical isolation equipment is saturated. Today (13th), Hong Kong recorded another 1,347 new confirmed cases, the fourth "thousandth" in the past five days. According to the data released by the Centre for Health Protection today, 8,300 cases


The epidemic in Hong Kong is out of control and medical isolation equipment is saturated. Today (13th), Hong Kong recorded another 1,347 new confirmed cases, the fourth "thousandth" in the past five days.

According to data released by the Centre for Health Protection today, there are 8,300 local cases, with a male-to-female ratio of 0.83 to 1, and the announced age ranges from 1 month to 104 years old. Among them, 55% of the patients have received two shots.

The median age of the Delta and Omicron variants was 50 and 39, respectively.


As for the place of residence of the patients, Shatin, Sham Shui Po and Tuen Mun are more frequently.

The average for the past 7 days reflects that the number of cases has doubled every 2 to 3 days, "related to high contagion."


In addition, today's authorities temporarily recorded more than 2,000 preliminary positive cases, breaking the record again.


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Zhang Zhujun, director of infectious diseases of the Centre for Protection of the Department of Health, announced that as of this morning, 1,347 new cases were reported, of which 1,345 were local cases, 1,283 were suspected Omicron variants, and 14 were Delta variants.

The other 2 cases were imported cases.

Zhang pointed out that as of yesterday, there were about 8,300 local cases, analyzing data such as age and the ratio of males to females, and found that the ratio of males to females was 0.83 to 1, that is, there were fewer male patients than females.

The age distribution of the patients ranged from 1 month to 104 years, with 14% under the age of 18 and 11% over the age of 65. A total of 55% of the patients had received two doses of the vaccine.

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In terms of variant strains, the median age of Omicron patients was 39 years old, 15% were under 18 years old, and 10.6% were 65 years old or older.

As for Delta patients, the median age was 50 years old, 8.7% were under 18 years old, and about 24% were 65 years old or older.

In addition, 55.4% of Omicron patients had received two doses of the vaccine; Delta patients had 49%.

Zhang also pointed out that the most recent places of residence of the patients were in Shatin, Sham Shui Po, and Tuen Mun districts, and in January, they were more in Kwai Tsing, Wong Tai Sin, and outlying islands districts.

As for the average per 7 days, there were about 200 cases on February 6-7; about 400 cases on February 9; about 800 cases on February 11; and about 900 cases on February 12.

She pointed out that the data shows that the number of cases doubles every two to three days, "all related to high contagion."

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Source: hk1

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