The fifth wave of the epidemic is out of control, and the single-day number of confirmed cases in Hong Kong continues to break new records.
The team of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong announced today (22nd) the latest projections. The number of confirmed cases in a single day in early March will peak at about 183,000, and then by mid-May, the cumulative death toll will reach 3,206.
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It is estimated that an average of 100 patients died every day by the end of March
According to the analysis of the team of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong, according to the epidemiological forecast of the spread of Omicron, it is estimated that the number of confirmed cases in a single day in early March will reach a peak of about 183,000; as for the average daily death toll at the end of March, it will reach a peak of 100; Then until mid-May, the cumulative death toll will reach 3,206.
The team also expects that if measures such as large-scale city closures are not taken, the fifth wave of the epidemic will continue to rage, with an estimated 625,000 infected and nearly 1.9 million close contacts requiring isolation.
The team recommends that the resources for vaccination be transferred to the elderly over the age of 65, and ensure that more than 90% of school children are vaccinated; employees of nursing homes and hospitals receive daily rapid antigen tests.
The government authorities can also consider providing rapid antigen test kits to every citizen every other day in the next one to two months, and the whole people will self-test together, and consider the possibility of a complete city closure.
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