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Epidemic | 2004 confirmed cases were added today, a new high in the past three months

2022-06-29T09:57:54.149Z


July 1st is approaching, and the number of confirmed cases of the new crown epidemic in a single day has exceeded 2,000. The Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health announced today (29th) that 2,004 new confirmed cases were recorded, of which 1,849 were local cases, of which 217 belonged to school


July 1st is approaching, and the number of confirmed cases of the new crown epidemic in a single day has exceeded 2,000.

The Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health announced today (29th) that 2,004 new confirmed cases were recorded, of which 1,849 were local cases. Among them, 217 were school-reported cases, involving 186 schools, and three schools had individual classes. Class 4C of Tin Shui Wai Government Secondary School, morning senior class letter and full-time senior class Ai of Our Lady of Lourdes Kindergarten in the morning and afternoon senior class of Hop Yat Church Chan Pak Hong Memorial Kindergarten were suspended due to the outbreak.


In addition, three residential care homes have reported confirmed cases, involving one residential care home for the elderly and two residential care homes for the disabled. Among them, the Pok Hong Dormitory of the New Life Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association in Pok Hong Estate, Shatin, has 11 people in the same room because two residents were diagnosed with the disease. Residents are listed as close contacts and require quarantine.


Au Ka-wing, chief physician of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health, announced that there were 2,004 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong today, of which local cases accounted for 1,849, including 788 positive cases after direct nucleic acid test and 1,061 confirmed cases after rapid test positive. , while imported cases accounted for 155.

Schools reported 217 cases involving 186 schools

Ou continued that there were 217 cases reported by schools today, involving 186 schools, including 36 kindergartens, 89 primary schools, 59 middle schools, and two special schools. In the past week, 87 schools had two confirmed cases or above.

Eight students in kindergarten class revealed that two of them were diagnosed

Classes in three schools had to be suspended due to outbreaks, involving four classes, namely Class 4C of Tin Shui Wai Government Secondary School. There were 31 students in the whole class, 4 of whom were confirmed to be diagnosed. In three cases, the full-time senior class Ai who used the same classroom also had to suspend classes, and the afternoon senior class of Chen Bohong Memorial Kindergarten in Heyitang was diagnosed. Two of the eight students were diagnosed.

Three residential houses recorded confirmed cases and close contacts of residents in the same room need to be quarantined

As for residential care homes, Ou said that three residential care homes have reported confirmed cases, involving one residential care home for the elderly and two residential care homes for the disabled. , The two have had three injections, and developed symptoms on June 27 and 28 respectively. They tested positive on the 28th. The two lived on the same floor and worked together in a sheltered workshop in Nanchang. They also went out and shared the same room. 11 Residents are listed as close contacts and require quarantine.

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The other two are Sai Kung Association for the Elderly Tung Lin Kok Court Care and Attention Home. A care worker developed symptoms on June 27 and tested positive on June 28. Three injections have been taken, and the last work date is this month. On the 27th, two colleagues and four residents were listed as close contacts and needed to be tested; a nurse and a resident of the Southern District Senior Citizens Association Guanquan Nursing and Attention Home were diagnosed, and the nurse became ill first, and on the 25th of this month He tested positive on June 24, and his last work date was on the 24th of this month. Then a resident in the same floor developed symptoms on June 28, and the nucleic acid test was later confirmed. Seven residents of the hospital needed to be tested.

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Source: hk1

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