The COVID-19 epidemic in Hong Kong is severe, and the number of deaths in a single day has repeatedly hit new highs.
According to statistics, Hong Kong had about 38.5 deaths per million population in a single day on Wednesday (9th), the highest in the world, nearly double the second-placed Dominica, and much higher than the peak figures in the United States and the United Kingdom last year.
In terms of the number on Wednesday (9th), it has increased by more than 6 times compared with 5.3 people before the 14th.
In terms of the number of confirmed cases, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Hong Kong exceeded 550,000, ranking 79th in the world and lower than Singapore and Japan.
However, in terms of per million people, Hong Kong ranks 118th in the number of confirmed cases, higher than Thailand, Japan, Taiwan and mainland China.
The mortuary of Queen Elizabeth Hospital was once full, and the bodies of the deceased were stacked outside the mortuary refrigerator.
(File photo/Photo by Liao Yanxiong)
The cumulative number of deaths per million population ranks 132 in the world
In the fifth wave of the epidemic in Hong Kong, many elderly people were diagnosed and died. According to the Center for Health Protection, as of Thursday (10th), the cumulative number of deaths from new coronary pneumonia in Hong Kong reached 1,350, with a mortality rate of 0.49%.
On a per million population basis, Hong Kong has 378 deaths per million people due to new coronary pneumonia, ranking 132 in the world, not only higher than Taiwan and mainland China's 36 and 3, but also slightly higher than the world's second most confirmed cases. case of India.
The world's highest number of deaths per million people in a single day
In terms of the number of new deaths per million people in a single day, Hong Kong has become the highest in the world since March.
As of Wednesday (Nov 9), Hong Kong had 38.5 deaths out of a million population, behind the world's second-largest Dominica.
The number of deaths in Hong Kong is even higher than that of the United States and the United Kingdom at the peak at the end of January last year. At that time, the two countries recorded 13.3 and 26.7 deaths respectively, the highest on record, and the latest drop to 5.9 and 1.8.
In Asia, Singapore's figure was higher on Wednesday, with 4.77 deaths per million population, while South Korea and Japan had 4 and 1.7 deaths respectively, and the mainland and Taiwan had no deaths.
U.S. has the most confirmed cases, Hong Kong has surpassed mainland China
In terms of confirmed cases, Hong Kong ranked 79th with a total of 551,000 cases, lower than Singapore's 885,000 cases, Thailand's 3.08 million cases, and Japan's 5.48 million cases; but higher than mainland China's 112,000 cases and Taiwan's 20,000 cases Zong.
The United States has the largest cumulative number of confirmed cases in the world, with 79.19 million cases, followed by India.
The number of confirmed cases per million population in Hong Kong is lower than that of Singapore and South Korea
However, Hong Kong's 72,000 confirmed cases per million population is still lower than Singapore and South Korea, but higher than Thailand and Japan's 44,000.
The country with the highest number of confirmed cases per million population in the world is the Faroe Islands, with 706,000.
The death rate in Hong Kong is similar to that in Japan
As of March 9, a total of 2,869 people had died in Hong Kong, with a mortality rate of 0.52%.
On March 10, the authorities announced that the death rate was 0.49%, much higher than that of Singapore and South Korea, similar to Japan, and lower than that of the United States and the United Kingdom.
In mainland China, as well as Hubei Province and Wuhan City, where the first outbreak of the epidemic occurred, the mortality rate was relatively high, but the deaths were mainly concentrated in the early stage of the epidemic. After the epidemic was controlled in the mainland, the virus also mutated, and the availability of vaccines reduced the mortality rate. .
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Liang Zichao: Mishandling of the outbreak in Hong Kong institutions
Respiratory specialist Leung Chi-chio believes that Hong Kong's death toll, the highest in the world, is mainly due to the low vaccination rate among the elderly and the mishandling of outbreaks in residential care homes.
He explained that compared with the 90% vaccination rate of Covid-19 in residential care homes in other developed countries, the vaccination rate of residential care homes and the elderly in Hong Kong is extremely low.
He said that the government has not clarified the individual abnormal cases that occurred at the beginning of the vaccination program.
He also said that more than half of the deceased people are from residential homes. He believes that the reason is that the residential facilities could not handle the outbreak. However, the hospital did not have enough beds, and the infected elderly had to return to the residential home. Many elderly people have to go to the emergency room for medical treatment, "creating a vicious circle".
He criticized the situation as a major mistake in handling the epidemic in the early stages, stressing the need to separate confirmed and uninfected seniors as much as possible.
Liang Zichao, a specialist in respiratory system.
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Liang Zichao suggested that the confirmed elderly should be sent to isolation treatment as soon as possible, or the uninfected elderly should be "reversely quarantined". "About 70% of the elderly in residential care homes are not infected. If treated early, the number of deaths will drop over time."
He also pointed out that the government can introduce more effective oral drugs and use them at an early stage to treat suitable high-risk elderly people, which is believed to further reduce the number of deaths.
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The rapid test turned negative and the strong test was carried out. The nucleic acid positive was still caught in the isolation camp. The authorities said that for the sake of caution : Knowing that frontline colleagues have worked hard, a quarter of the patients have been transferred to hospitals and an increase of 31,402 confirmed cases. Ou Jiarong said that the epidemic has seen at most 281 deaths. The death toll has not fallen.
The death rate will not be synchronized with the number of confirmed cases, it will worsen for one to two weeks, and it will peak one to two weeks after the peak.
The rapid test turned negative and the strong test was carried out. The nucleic acid positive was still caught in the isolation camp. The authorities said that for the sake of caution : Knowing that frontline colleagues have worked hard, a quarter of the patients have been transferred to hospitals and an increase of 31,402 confirmed cases. Ou Jiarong said that the epidemic has seen at most 281 deaths. The death toll has not fallen.
