The local new crown pneumonia epidemic continues to heat up. Au Ka-wing, chief doctor of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health, said today (4th) that there were 10,683 more confirmed cases, continuing to exceed 10,000.
He continued to point out that the Omicron BA.5 variant virus strain continued to be the mainstream virus, and the proportion continued to rise, accounting for 56.7% of the cases.
Ou Jiarong also pointed out that compared with mid-August, the daily increase in the number of cases has doubled. According to sewage samples, the virus content has also returned to the level in March. Entering the plateau period, we appeal to the public not to relax.
Au Ka-wing said that there were 10,683 new cases today, including 10,490 local confirmed cases and 193 imported cases.
He pointed out that the cases suspected of Omicron BA.4 or BA.5 increased slightly, accounting for 64.4% of the community cases, 1.3% more than yesterday.
He continued that BA.5 cases accounted for 56.7%, BA.4 accounted for about 7.7, BA.2.12.1 accounted for about 6.3%, and the remaining 29.3% were BA.2.2 cases.
Au Jiarong said that the epidemic situation has been on the rise in the past two to three weeks, and the rate of increase has accelerated since mid-August. In mid-August, there were about 5,000 cases per day, but now it has exceeded 10,000, which has doubled. According to the immediate effect of the University of Hong Kong The reproduction rate is 1.35, that is, one infected person can infect more than one person, and the upward trend is expected to continue in the short term.
He continued that the epidemic is expected to ease only when the effective reproduction rate falls below 1.
▼On September 3rd, Ou Jiarong, chief doctor of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Center for Health Protection, hosted a press conference on the epidemic▼
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In terms of sewage monitoring, Ou Jiarong pointed out that in the past five consecutive days, in the sewage samples collected in various districts, the per capita virus content was 500,000 copies per liter, which has returned to the level of early to mid-March, and there is also an upward trend. Seeing evidence that the epidemic has entered a plateau, the public should not relax and get vaccinated as soon as possible.
He also pointed out that the peak period of this year's epidemic was from February to March, and it has been more than three months since now.
▼September 3, some housing estates and housing estates were positive for sewage▼
Li Liye, chief administrative manager (integrated clinical services) of the Hospital Authority, pointed out that an 84 male patient was diagnosed in the internal medicine ward of Yan Chai Hospital earlier, and three more men aged 64 to 83 years old and a nurse were diagnosed with the same disease.
He continued that the three patients are in stable condition and are being treated in isolation. The relevant wards have been disinfected and visits have been suspended, and all staff and patients will be tested for the virus.
Li Liye also pointed out that 356 newly diagnosed patients were quarantined, and there are currently 64 critical patients and 54 serious patients, of which 18 patients are in the intensive care unit.
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