Although the number of confirmed cases of the epidemic in Hong Kong dropped to 8,000 for two consecutive days, the 7-day average death rate was at a weekly high of 0.151%, and the 7-day average death toll rose sharply to 12.3, a new high since late September.
In addition to 8,874 new confirmed cases and 9 more deaths in Hong Kong yesterday (26th), local cases with new mutated virus strains have risen sharply. Among them, the number of BQ. Local XBB also increased by 8 cases to a total of 80 cases.
Summary of yesterday's epidemic:
-An increase of 8,874 confirmed cases, a slight decrease of 0.05% from yesterday.
- There were 509 imported cases, accounting for 5.74% of the total cases; compared with 12,802 airport arrivals on the same day, the ratio was 3.98%, and the seven-day average ratio was 4.17%.
- 9 new patients died, the 7-day average mortality rate was 0.151%, the overall mortality rate was 0.51%, and the cumulative death rate was 10,672.
-The number of cases of the new mutant virus strain BQ.1.1 substrain in the local area has increased by 20 to 102, and the number of XBB cases has increased by 8 to a total of 80
- A total of 2,625 people were hospitalized, of which 347 were new infections, and 10 new cases were critical and 16 were serious cases.
Overview of yesterday's epidemic situation:
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11.26｜An increase of 8874 confirmed cases and an increase of 9 deaths
At 14:25, the spokesperson of the Hospital Authority stated that Fan Hongling, chairman of the Hospital Authority, was diagnosed and is being isolated in accordance with the guidelines of the Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health.
The last time Fan Hung-ling attended an event of the Hospital Authority was yesterday (November 26).
He wore a mask and complied with relevant infection control measures when attending the event.
He has no recent travel history.
The latest effective reproduction rate of local cases at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong is 1.25, which means that one patient can infect more than one person, and the trend is towards a "plateau period".
(Photo from HKU Faculty of Medicine)
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