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29,381 new confirmed cases fell for the second day in a row, but a record 294 more deaths were reported in a single day

2022-03-11T10:05:19.798Z


The epidemic situation in Hong Kong is still severe. The Department of Health announced today (11th) that there were 29,381 new confirmed cases, of which 10,493 were rapid test positive cases, a decrease from the 31,400 cases yesterday.


The epidemic situation in Hong Kong is still severe. The Department of Health announced today (11th) that there were 29,381 new confirmed cases, of which 10,493 were rapid test positive cases, a decrease from 31,400 yesterday. A total of 634,169 confirmed cases have been recorded so far.

The Hospital Authority announced today that 294 more patients died, including 196 new deaths in the past 24 hours, and 98 cases with lagging data reported. The death toll reached a new high.

Au Ka-wing, chief physician of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health, said that the number of confirmed cases seems to have stabilized, but there is no sign of a downward trend yet, and it still depends on the situation in the next one or two weeks.


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Au Jiarong said that among the 29,381 new cases, 4 were imported cases, 18,888 were positive nucleic acid test cases, of which 2,284 were reported by the Hospital Authority, 2,513 were reported by the Department of Health, and 14,091 were reported by private laboratories. Another 10,493 cases were successfully reported to the rapid testing platform.

The Department of Health conducted genetic analysis on 2,513 of these cases, but found no suspected Delta cases, 1,704 suspected Omicron cases, and the remaining 809 cases are pending analysis or the samples have insufficient virus content for genetic analysis.

91% of homes have outbreaks

He mentioned that there were 13 additional cases or outbreaks in 13 residential care homes yesterday, including 9 residential care homes for the elderly and 4 residential care homes for the disabled, involving a total of 295 cases, including 262 residents and 33 employees, and the cumulative fifth wave has 73 cases. Cases or outbreaks occurred in some residential care homes for the elderly, accounting for 91% of the total in Hong Kong.

He said there were more than 10 cases in about 410 residential homes in the past two weeks, involving 234,000 residents and 6,100 staff.

As for RCHEs for the disabled, there were 253 outbreaks, accounting for 75% of the total, and 164 outbreaks in the past two weeks, accounting for 49% of the total.

He pointed out that there have been 1,893 deaths in institutions so far.

Au Jiarong said that there were 3,231 deaths in the fifth wave, the mortality rate accounted for 0.51%, the age ranged from 11 months to 112 years, the median was 85 years old, and the number of pediatric patients remained at 5; the number of cases involving adults aged 18 to 59 increased. There were 144 cases, accounting for 4.46% of the total deaths; 3,078 cases were 60 years old or above, accounting for 95.9% of all deaths, of which 2,247 cases involved elderly people over 80 years old, accounting for 69.5%.

Vaccination of dead cases:


90.7% were not vaccinated or did not complete the vaccination

92.4% of cases over 80 are unvaccinated

In all cases, the mortality rate of uncompleted vaccination was 1.84%, a 26-fold difference from 0.07% who had received two injections.

The mortality rate of people over 80 years old who have not been vaccinated is 11.7%, which is 5 times lower than the mortality rate of 2.55% who have completed the vaccination.

▼Tsing Yi Fangcai Hospital after nightfall on March 10▼


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Ho Wan-xia, chief administrative manager (patient safety and risk management) of the Hospital Authority, said that in the past 24 hours, 196 new crown patients died, including 127 males and 69 females, aged between 24 and 107, of which 113 were from institutions. , 148 people have no record of any injection, another 34 people have one injection, and 12 people have two injections.

There were 2 people who received three injections, and 185 people were elderly people over 65 years old.

6 younger deceased patients:


A 24-year-old man, who had a congenital genetic syndrome himself, lived in a residential facility. He was tested positive by the A&E department due to cramps after vomiting. Later, his condition deteriorated and he passed away on March 10.

The rest of the 50-year-old woman, 52-year-old man, 57-year-old man, 58-year-old man and 59-year-old man were all living in residential care homes.

She also said that due to data lag, 98 people, including 59 men and 39 women, between the ages of 34 and 100, died unannounced between February 28 and March 9.

In other words, the number of deaths announced today reached 294, a new high after the 291 announced on March 9.

(File photo/Photo by Liang Pengwei)

As for a total of 877 people recovered and discharged in the past day, 80 patients were found to be confirmed by admission screening or hospital admission test, and more than 120 patients in the same room were classified as close contacts.

To date, 13,311 HA staff have tested positive, and about 5,786 staff have returned to work.

The number of confirmed diagnoses is stable but there is no downward trend, and it still needs to be observed for one or two weeks

Ou Jiarong said that the number of confirmed cases has not risen again in recent days, and there are some signs of control, but it is difficult to analyze the future trend with a single or two-day number, so it depends on the situation in the next one or two weeks.

He also said that the current number of cases is hovering between 30,000 and 50,000 per week, which has stabilized compared with the multiples of every two or three days at the beginning of the year, but he has not yet seen a downward trend, and stressed that the current epidemic situation is still severe.

He also said that there are still many transmission chains in the community, and the confirmed rate in closed areas is as high as 10 to 20%. "There are still many hotspots in Hong Kong with active community transmission. The public should be cautious. A little relaxation of the epidemic may reverse or rebound."

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Source: hk1

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