The fifth wave of the epidemic continued, with 2,492 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong today (8th), a slight drop of less than 6% from yesterday. The number of reported cases in a single day remained at the level of more than 2,000 for three consecutive days, and the rate of decline slowed down.
An additional 86 patients died, ranging in age from 45 to 107 years, bringing the cumulative reported case fatality rate to 0.72%.
The Department of Health reported today that it has received a report of a death case from Zhongda Hospital. The deceased was a 93-year-old resident of an elderly care home. Died on March 7, and the clinician judged that the death was not directly related to the new coronavirus.
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Au Ka-wing, chief physician of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health, said that there were 1,227 new positive nucleic acid confirmed cases today, of which 205 were reported by the Hospital Authority, 400 were confirmed by the Department of Health, and the remaining 622 were reported by private laboratories. .
There were also 1,265 reported cases with positive rapid tests, a total of 2,492 confirmed cases in a single day, and a cumulative fifth wave of 1,173,096 confirmed cases, with a total of 1.18 million infected in the past two years.
Yesterday, there were no new outbreaks or reported cases in residential care homes, but among the 37 residential care homes for the elderly that have been reported, 45 residents were diagnosed with the disease; 12 new cases were reported in residential care homes for the disabled, involving 13 residents.
Eight new imported cases in Hong Kong arrived in Hong Kong from South Korea, Ireland, Germany, Australia and Singapore respectively.
Three cases were temporarily sampled positive at the airport, two of which arrived in Hong Kong from Australia and one from South Korea.
The other cases were detected during the quarantine period in the hotel, including three arrivals from Ireland, Germany and Australia on April 4, one from Singapore on April 2, and one from April 1. Arrivals from Singapore.
Doctors judge that the deceased in Zhongda Hospital did not die of the new crown virus
In terms of deaths, Lau Ka Hin, Chief Administrative Manager (Quality and Standards) of the Hospital Authority, said that in the past 24 hours, a total of 70 confirmed patients died, including 37 men and 33 women, aged between 45 and 101.
The Department of Health has once again received a death case reported by Chung University Hospital. A 93-year-old patient was a resident of an elderly care home who had long-term illnesses including high blood pressure, blood lipids, heart disease, and prostate cancer.
The patient tested positive on March 16 and unfortunately died on April 7. The doctor judged that the patient had the new coronavirus at the time of death.
Another patient who was transferred to Zhongda Hospital died. The deceased was old and had cancer.
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Middle-aged deceased long-term drinking liver cirrhosis admitted to hospital for 9 days
In addition, among the deceased, there were two younger patients, a 45-year-old patient and a 60-year-old patient.
The 45-year-old patient himself has a long-term drinking habit and has liver cirrhosis.
On March 30, he went to the emergency room of Queen Elizabeth Hospital for medical treatment. At that time, the patient had stagnant water in his stomach, and his stomach was swollen and bloated.
At the same time, jaundice and breathing difficulties occurred.
After admission, the liver function deteriorated and blood coagulation was abnormal, and the test result was positive, which was postponed to yesterday's death.
The 60-year-old patient had lung cancer, and the cancer cells had expanded to the pleura and bone.
On the evening of April 6, I went to the emergency room for medical treatment. At that time, I had difficulty breathing, cough, and bloodshot sputum.
After being admitted to the hospital, he has been receiving treatment in the ward, but his condition has been getting worse, and he passed away at dusk yesterday.
Liu Jiaxian said that due to the lag in data, from March 4 to April 6, a total of 15 people died unannounced, involving five men and 10 women, ranging in age from 73 to 107 years old.
In the fifth wave of the epidemic, the cumulative death cases totaled 8,430, and the case fatality rate further edged up to 0.72%.
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