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22-month-old baby girl still in critical condition in ICU

2022-07-31T09:46:42.649Z


The new crown virus epidemic in Hong Kong continues. The number of single-day confirmed cases has exceeded the level of 4,000 for 11 consecutive days. The Department of Health announced today (30th) that there were 4,634 new confirmed cases and one more death, involving a long-term patient of 8


The new crown virus epidemic in Hong Kong continues. The number of confirmed cases in a single day has exceeded the level of 4,000 for 11 consecutive days. The Department of Health announced today (30th) that there were 4,634 new confirmed cases and one more death, involving an 82-year-old man with chronic illness. , Last Monday (25th), his deep throat saliva sample confirmed the diagnosis. He went to a designated clinic for medical treatment two days later. At that time, he was in stable condition and was prescribed oral medicine for the new crown. However, he had fever and cough again last Friday (29th). , was then arranged to be admitted to the hospital for treatment, but unfortunately his condition deteriorated and he developed liver and kidney failure.


In addition, the recently announced 22-month-old baby girl infected with the virus is still in critical condition and is being hospitalized in the Paediatric Intensive Care Department of Eastern District Hospital.


4,634 new cases of confirmed cases among residents of Kwai Fong Residence in Nursing Home

Among the new cases, 4,455 were locally confirmed cases, including 1,590 positive nucleic acid tests and 2,865 confirmed positive rapid antigen tests. Together with 179 imported cases, a total of 4,634 new cases were confirmed.

In terms of residential care, Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health, said that the authorities received a report from Kwai Fong Ju of Kwai Tsing Nursing Home yesterday that one resident was diagnosed with the virus, and seven other residents had to arrange for quarantine. Due to the holiday, no new cases were reported.

There are currently 48 patients who are critically ill or seriously deceased, and the elderly have a variety of chronic diseases

Kwan Wai-min, Chief Administrative Manager (Medical Effectiveness and Technology Management) of the Hospital Authority, pointed out that there are currently 1,494 confirmed patients in hospital, and 6 critical and 5 critical patients were added last night, bringing the cumulative number of critical and critical patients to 21 respectively. and 27 people.

One more death case, involving an 82-year-old male patient, has recorded a total of 9,260 deaths since the fifth wave of the epidemic.

He himself suffers from chronic diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure and fatty liver. He went to the general department last Monday (25th) due to headache and cough. A deep throat saliva sample confirmed the diagnosis. He went to the designated clinic two days later. At that time, he was in stable condition and was prescribed oral medication. Since he had no fever and his vital index was normal, he was arranged to go home for self-observation. However, he developed fever and cough again last Friday (29th), so he was arranged to be admitted to the hospital. He received treatment in the internal medicine department, but unfortunately his condition worsened, and he developed liver and kidney failure, which was postponed until his death yesterday.

When asked whether the cause of death was related to the new coronary pneumonia, Guan Huimin pointed out that the source of the diagnosis or the cause of death could not be confirmed at present, and further investigation was needed.

The 22-month-old baby girl who was diagnosed is still in critical condition and is being hospitalized in the Pediatric Intensive Care Department of Eastern District Hospital.

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Baby girl stays in Pediatric ICU of Eastern District Hospital

In addition, it was announced recently that the 22-month-old baby girl is still in critical condition and is in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (CICU) of Eastern District Hospital. Guan Huimin said that the medical team will monitor the situation and provide appropriate treatment.

▼On July 25, those returning to Hong Kong at the airport are waiting to take a special bus to the quarantine hotel▼


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