The new crown epidemic has not yet peaked. Today (6th) there were 9,952 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong. Although it remained below 10,000 for three consecutive days, the number of cases increased by 4.67% compared with yesterday.
Imported cases also rose again, with 725 imported cases today, a new high since the epidemic.
Today, 16 more people died, and the death toll has been in double digits for the 10th consecutive day.
The seven-day average death toll also rose slightly to 15.9, and the seven-day average death rate was 0.163%.
Summary of today's epidemic situation:
- 9,952 confirmed cases, and the number of confirmed cases in a single day is approaching 10,000.
- 725 imported cases hit a new high, accounting for 7.28% of the overall case rate; compared with the 16,771 airport arrivals on the same day, the confirmed rate was 4.23%, and the seven-day average rate was 4.03%.
- 16 new patients died, the 7-day average mortality rate dropped slightly to 0.163%, the overall mortality rate remained at 0.50%, and the cumulative death toll was 10,842.
- The local XBB cases increased by 9 to a total of 113 cases, and the local BQ.1.1 cases increased by 2 to a total of 123 cases.
- The number of cases in nursing homes remains high. Today, 26 nursing homes had cases, and 41 residents and staff were infected.
The new crown pneumonia epidemic has repeatedly occurred. Today (6th) there were 9,952 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong, which remained below 10,000 for three consecutive days.
However, the number of cases today has increased by 4.67% compared with yesterday, and imported cases have also increased, accounting for 7.28% of the total cases, reaching 725 imported cases, a new high since the epidemic.
Among the newly imported cases, 464 involved samples tested at the airport, 199 involved samples from the first to third days, and the remaining 62 involved samples from the fourth to seventh days.
Although the number of imported cases hit a new high, if the number of people arriving yesterday was 16,771, the confirmed rate was 4.32%, an increase of nearly one percentage point from yesterday's confirmed rate of 3.40%.
In addition, the seven-day average number of confirmed cases was 635, and the seven-day average diagnosis rate was 4.03%.
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Among the samples received by the Public Health Laboratory Service of the Department of Health from November 27 to December 3 for verification tests of local cases, the Omicron variant virus strains BA.2.12.1 and BA.4/BA.5 substrains (including Suspected cases) accounted for 0% and about 68.98% (7-day moving average ratio) respectively.
The proportion of BA.4/BA.5 substrain cases continued to decline, and fell below 70% for the first time today, which also means that the proportion of new mutant virus strains is increasing.
Local cases have discovered 11 more cases of new mutant virus strains today, including 9 cases of XBB and 2 cases of BQ. 7 and 123 cases of BQ.1.1 subtype.
As for imported cases, there were no new cases of new mutated virus strains, and a total of 225 cases of XBB, six cases of XBD, eight cases of BA.2.75.2, seven cases of BA.4.6, 13 cases of BF.7 and 36 cases of BQ.1.1 were maintained. Subfamily cases.
In addition, 16 more people died today, and the death toll has been in double digits for ten consecutive days.
The seven-day average death toll also rose slightly to 15.9, and the seven-day average death rate was 0.163%.
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The number of reported cases in schools has continued to increase. Today, there are 2,472 cases, including 2,122 students and 350 teaching staff, distributed in 923 schools.
In addition, in 36 schools, 44 classes had to wait for seven days due to confirmed cases.
As for residential care homes, there are 26 residential care homes that have reported cases, namely 14 residential care homes for the elderly and 12 residential care homes for the disabled. 34 residents and 7 staff members were diagnosed, and 67 residents and 1 staff member were diagnosed. to be quarantined.
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