It has been less than 3 months since the fifth wave of the new coronavirus, and more than 1 million people have been diagnosed.
Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health, pointed out that there were 20,082 new cases and 265 new deaths reported today, that is, the fifth wave of the epidemic has so far had 1,004,313 confirmed cases and 5,188 deaths, or two A total of 5,401 people have died from the epidemic in 2019.
The youngest deceased who died yesterday was only 25 years old. Liu Jiaxian, Chief Administrative Manager (Quality and Standards) of the Hospital Authority, Liu Jiaxian pointed out that he had congenital polycystic kidney disease. The situation continued to deteriorate, and finally he was admitted to the intensive care unit. He had tried to intubate the throat and tried cardiac arrest. The original long-term patient had poor resistance until his death on March 17.
The deceased completed two doses of the Forbidden vaccine in July last year.
▼On March 15, Xintian Fangcai Hospital was put into use▼
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In the past two years, a total of 5,401 people died, and the mortality rate was 0.5%.
Zhang Zhujun pointed out that since the fifth wave of the epidemic, there have been 1,004,313 confirmed cases in Hong Kong, of which 666,048 were positive for nucleic acid tests, 338,265 were positive for rapid testing, and there were a total of 5,188 deaths. The ratio of male to female is about 3 to 2. Between 11 months and 112 years, the mortality rate was 0.5%.
Zhang Zhujun said that not all of the deaths were due to infection with the new coronavirus, but that they were tested positive for the virus at the time of death.
Zhang Zhujun said that there were 20,082 new cases in a single day today, including 7,966 nucleic acid positive cases and 12,116 rapid test positive cases. The number of confirmed cases dropped by about 1,000 more than yesterday, back to the level of about 20,000.
Together with the previous four outbreaks, 1,016,994 people have been infected and 5,401 people have died in the past two years.
Zhang Zhujun said that the Hospital Authority reported 259 deaths today, of which 206 died yesterday; while the Department of Health received 6 more death notifications from forensic doctors, who passed away from February 28 to March 8, including 4 females and 2 females. Male, aged between 57 and 92, 3 of them belonged to a home for the elderly or a dormitory for the disabled, and 6 of them were chronically ill.
Hospital Authority Chief Administrative Manager (Quality and Standards) Lau Ka Hsien pointed out that 206 patients who tested positive for the new coronavirus passed away yesterday, including 122 men and 84 women, aged between 25 and 106; 126 of the deceased were Elderly people over the age of 65, and 12 of the deceased were younger.
Due to data lag, 53 people died from March 1 to March 16 that have not been announced, including 30 men and 23 women, aged between 62 and 103.
25-year-old deceased with congenital polycystic kidney disease after admission to hospital with cardiac arrest
The youngest person who died yesterday was only 25 years old. Liu Jiaxian pointed out that he had congenital polycystic kidney disease, which made him have high blood pressure and poor renal function. He was a long-term patient and needed follow-up consultation and medication.
Liu pointed out that he went to the emergency room due to discomfort on March 12. He urinated more and drank more water due to electrolyte problems due to kidney disease. After being admitted to the hospital, his condition continued to deteriorate. Finally, he was admitted to the intensive care unit. Pause, after the rescue, his health was not good, and the original long-term patient had poor resistance until his death on March 17. He completed two injections of Fubitix vaccine in July last year.
Liu continued to point out that 4 of the younger deceased had cancer records, ranging in age from 50 to 56 years old. One of the 56-year-old deceased had undergone chemotherapy, and the disease of the remaining 3 had spread to the liver and other organs; 5 were elderly people. Or the inmates of disabled institutions, respectively with kidney disease, genetic chromosomal disease, repeated stroke, high blood pressure, mental health and other problems; another 54-year-old deceased had inherited cerebellar atrophy, and a 58-year-old deceased had cerebral palsy, diabetes, hypertension, Type B pneumonia, kidney disease, etc.
A total of 1 young deceased suffered from kidney disease, and a total of 5 deceased had different kidney diseases and even had to undergo dialysis.
▼On March 17, the enclosure inspection of Shangxin Building in Longheng Village, Shatin▼
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Information of 12 younger confirmed patients who died:
1-25 years old, congenital renal polycystic, hypertension, long-term patients should follow up, take medicine
2-46 years old, living in a nursing home for the elderly, with kidney disease, requiring dialysis
3-50 years old, lung cancer, spread to liver
4-51 years old with cancer that has spread to the liver and other organs
5-52 years old, cancer, with spread to the liver
6-54 years old, with hypertension, diabetes mellitus, repeated strokes, living in a nursing home
7-54 years old, suffering from hereditary cerebellar atrophy, diabetes, hypertension, chronic disease
8-56 years old, with cancer history, chemotherapy
9-58 years old, cerebral palsy, diabetes mellitus, high blood pressure, type B pneumonia, kidney disease.
10-59 years old, living in a disabled institution, genetic chromosomal disease, kidney, high blood pressure, thyroid problems
11-61 years old, nursing home patient, with chronic diseases such as diabetes, mental health problems
12-62 years old, elderly home patients, end-stage renal failure, need dialysis
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