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epidemic. Latest|An increase of 7,547 confirmed cases and an increase of 13 deaths

2022-11-29T09:10:44.845Z


The new crown pneumonia epidemic has repeatedly occurred. Hong Kong today (29th) newly confirmed 7,547 cases, maintaining a relatively high level. Lu Chongmao, director of the Medical and Health Bureau, said that the epidemic has recently shown signs of heating up.


The new crown pneumonia epidemic has repeatedly occurred. Hong Kong today (29th) newly confirmed 7,547 cases, maintaining a relatively high level.

Lu Chongmao, director of the Medical and Health Bureau, said that the epidemic has recently shown signs of heating up. The number of infected people and the number of deaths have recently increased, and the number of severe cases and deaths have also increased. He also mentioned that the weather has started to cool recently. The number of infections is on the rise, while putting pressure on the healthcare system.


Summary of yesterday's epidemic:

-An increase of 7,793 confirmed cases, a decrease of 2.99% from yesterday.


- There were 605 imported cases, accounting for 7.76% of the overall case rate; compared with 17,736 airport arrivals on the same day, the rate was 3.41%, and the seven-day average rate was 4.08%.


- 26 new patients died, the 7-day average mortality rate was 0.186%, the overall mortality rate was 0.51%, and the cumulative death toll was 10,718.


- A total of 2,721 people have been hospitalized, of which 322 are new infections, with 9 and 12 new critical and serious cases respectively.


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11.28|An increase of 7,793 confirmed imported cases accounted for 605 cases and an additional 26 deaths

The latest effective reproduction rate of local cases at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong is 1.17, 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)

▼On November 28, Lu Chongmao pointed out that the epidemic situation has recently heated up▼


[16:55] There were 7547 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong, 590 of which were imported cases.

In addition, 13 more patients died in a single day.

The spokesperson of the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau stated that Huang Zhizu, the permanent secretary of the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau, tested positive for the nucleic acid of the new coronavirus and is now being quarantined according to the guidelines of the Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health.

The last time Huang Zhizu went to work was last Friday (November 25). He wore a mask and followed relevant epidemic prevention measures at work, and performed rapid antigen tests every day.

He has no recent travel history.

Huang Zhizu was diagnosed with 2 in September this year and has since recovered.

▼On November 28, about 40 people in Central took a blank paper to mourn the victims of the Xinjiang fire▼


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▼On November 28, about 60 people mourned the victims of the Xinjiang fire with blank paper▼


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Compulsory testing|27 people in Pok Fu Lam Belcher Garden failed to get tested and 20 people were fined and the warehouse earned a total of 200 thousand

【12:25】At about 7:30 am, the District Office of the Central and Western District, together with the Western District Police District and the Department of Health, checked the test certificates of the persons tested at the entrance and exit of Block 2, Belcher Garden, Pok Fu Lam, to confirm whether they had complied with the mandatory The requirements of the test announcement shall be tested.

A total of about 490 persons under investigation were inspected in the operation.

Among them, 27 people were found to have failed to comply with the mandatory testing announcement and have been issued mandatory testing orders.

They were required to undergo testing within a specified period as required, and the government issued fixed penalty notices of $10,000 to 20 of them.

▼Weekly Epidemic Press Conference on November 24▼


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▼November 23 Chegong Festival Market Booth Bidding▼


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▼November 22, the last day of the Thai tour group visiting Hong Kong, went to Tsuen Wan to play side stove▼


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Lu Chongmao: Medical recovery is especially important Refusal to comment on Mainland anti-epidemic demonstrations: Multiple factors must be considered Weekly epidemic | 7,000 more deaths were diagnosed last week Over 27% 7-day average death rate increased by 7,793 confirmed cases and 26 more deaths A seven-month high, the seven-day average death rate remains low Epidemic|New regulations in Xi’an Qujiang New District: Citizens can check the nucleic acid test results of samplers Urumqi resumes operations of public transportation, supermarkets and restaurants in low-risk areas

Source: hk1

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