The Christmas holiday is about to begin. Chief Executive Lee Ka-chao returns to Hong Kong on Christmas Eve (24th) to report on his duties in Beijing. He is expected to explain the progress of customs clearance with the mainland.
The new crown pneumonia epidemic in Hong Kong has rebounded sharply. The Department of Health announced yesterday (23rd) that there were 20,252 new confirmed cases.
The real-time effective reproductive rate of local cases compiled by the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong has returned to an upward trend.
Summary of yesterday's epidemic:
- 20,252 confirmed cases, an increase of 2.78% compared to yesterday's cases.
- There were 924 imported cases, accounting for 4.56% of the overall case rate; compared with 19,214 airport arrivals on the same day, the confirmed rate was 4.81%, and the seven-day average rate was 4.70%.
- 46 new patients died, the 7-day average mortality rate rose slightly to 0.225%, the overall mortality rate remained at 0.47%, and the cumulative death toll was 11,373.
- Local XBB cases increased by 1, BQ.1.1 increased by 1.
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12.23｜Hong Kong increased by 20,000 cases to a new high in 9 months
The immediate effective reproductive rate of local cases compiled by the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong once dropped to close to 1, but it has returned to an upward trend, indicating that the local cases will rise significantly to 1.0882.
(Photo from Faculty of Medicine, HKU)
▼On December 23, the airport reappeared the crowds of tourists▼
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▼December 23 Macau's disguised "customs clearance" on the first day of exit from the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge▼
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▼Macau market situation on December 23▼
▼On December 22 and 23, Li Jiachao went to Beijing to report to Li Keqiang and Xi Jinping▼
▼On December 23, the police announced the Christmas Eve road closure arrangement▼
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▼Weekly Epidemic Press Conference on December 20▼
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▼On December 19, the MTR announced that it will run overnight on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve▼
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