The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Hong Kong rebounded slightly in a single day. The Department of Health announced yesterday (23rd) that there were 7,985 new confirmed cases, which rose again to the level of nearly 8,000.
The latest effective reproduction rate of local cases at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong is 1.29, which means that one patient can infect more than one person, but it is turning to a "plateau".
After Commissioner of Police Siu Chak-yee and Chief Executive Lee Ka-chao were diagnosed, the government announced in the early hours of yesterday (23rd) that Deputy Financial Secretary Wong Wai-lun was also absent and tested positive for nucleic acid. He is now being quarantined according to the guidelines of the Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health.
Summary of yesterday's epidemic:
-An increase of 7,985 confirmed cases, rebounding to nearly 8,000 cases, an increase of more than 10% from yesterday.
-611 imported cases, a new high since the fifth wave of the epidemic.
It accounts for 7.65% of the overall case rate; compared with 14,185 airport arrivals on the same day, the rate is 4.31%, and the seven-day average rate is 4.01%.
- 11 new patients died, the 7-day average mortality rate rose slightly to 0.142%, the overall mortality rate remained at 0.52%, and the cumulative death toll was 10,634.
-The number of cases of new variant virus strains in the local area also increased. The number of local cases of XBB increased by 5 to a total of 67, and the number of BQ.1.1 cases increased by 6 to 76.
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11.23｜Confirmed cases rebounded by 10% to 7,985 and 11 more patients died
The latest effective reproduction rate of local cases at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong is 1.29, which means that one patient can infect more than one person, but it is turning to a "plateau".
(Photo from HKU Faculty of Medicine)
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