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Epidemic|An increase of 20,865 confirmed imported cases exceeded 1,000 and 59 deaths hit a new high in more than half a year

2022-12-28T09:56:58.809Z


The epidemic situation in Hong Kong is still severe. Today (28th) there were 20,865 new confirmed cases, returning to the level of 20,000. The number of confirmed cases increased by 12% compared with yesterday. Imported cases reached a new high of 1,176, but compared with yesterday's airport arrivals of 24,558


The epidemic situation in Hong Kong is still severe. Today (28th) there were 20,865 new confirmed cases, returning to the level of 20,000. The number of confirmed cases increased by 12% compared with yesterday.

The number of imported cases reached a record high of 1,176, but compared with 24,558 people who entered the airport yesterday, the confirmed rate was only 4.79%, lower than yesterday's 4.95%.


There were 59 new deaths today, the highest since April 15.

The seven-day average death toll rose to 46.9, for a total of 11,621 deaths.

Since 2020, the total number of infected people has exceeded 2.5 million.


Summary of today's epidemic situation:


-The number of cases exceeded 20,000, with an increase of 20,865 confirmed cases.

- There were 1,176 imported cases, accounting for 5.64% of the overall case rate; compared with 24,558 airport arrivals on the same day, the confirmed rate was 4.79%, and the seven-day average rate was 4.94%.

- 59 new patients died, the 7-day average mortality rate remained at 0.232%, the overall mortality rate was 0.46%, and the cumulative death toll was 11,621.

-Infection situation in institutions is severe, 61 more institutions have reported cases, and a total of 106 residents and staff have been recruited.

▼On December 28, Li Jiachao announced that most of the epidemic prevention restrictions will be canceled from December 29▼


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There were another 20,865 confirmed cases in Hong Kong today.

Among the confirmed cases, 19,689 were local cases, and 1,176 were imported cases, accounting for 5.64% of the total cases.

Among the newly imported cases, 782 involved samples tested at the airport, 298 involved samples from days 1 to 3, and the remaining 96 cases involved samples from days 4 to 7.

Yesterday, 24,558 people entered the airport, a record high after 0+3.

The confirmed diagnosis rate was 4.79%, a slight decrease of 0.16 percentage points from yesterday.

The seven-day average number of confirmed cases was 968, and the seven-day average diagnosis rate was 4.94%.

Since 2020, a total of 2,542,163 people have been diagnosed in Hong Kong.

▼On December 28, the government announced the cancellation of the vaccine pass▼


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Among the samples received by the Public Health Laboratory Service of the Department of Health from December 19th to 25th for verification tests of local cases, the Omicron variant virus strain BA.2.12.1 and BA.4/BA.5 substrains (including suspected cases ) related samples accounted for 0% and about 51.7% respectively (seven-day moving average ratio).

▼December 25, when the epidemic situation in Macau was severe, many shops were closed▼


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The Department of Health has not found any cases of new mutant virus strains, and a total of 226 cases of XBB, 6 cases of XBD, 8 cases of BA.2.75.2, 7 cases of BA.4.6, 13 cases of BF.7 and 38 cases of BQ.1.1 sub There are 154 cases of XBB, 18 cases of XBD, 1 case of BA.2.75.2, 12 cases of BF.7 and 185 cases of subfamily BQ.1.1 in local cases.

In terms of schools, although it is still the Christmas holiday, 159 schools reported 321 cases today, and classes in no schools need to be suspended for five days.

As for residential care homes, there are 61 residential care homes with confirmed cases, namely 46 residential care homes for the elderly and 15 residential care homes for the disabled. Among them, 90 residents and 16 staff members were diagnosed.

▼On December 25, the government's "Customs Clearance Coordination Group" held its first meeting▼


▼On December 24, the Hong Kong-Macau direct bus "Hong Kong-Macau Express Line" will resume service▼


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Sewage in Miami Bay, Tianyuhai, Yujingfeng and other places are positive. 50,000 people need to be quickly tested. Flights from China, Hong Kong and Macau can only be used at four airports in Japan, excluding Okinawa and Sapporo. The tour group was forced to cancel customs clearance for mainland China|Cathay Pacific’s air ticket to Shanghai in January Sold out refers to increasing transport capacity to and from the mainland as much as possible Many hospital emergency departments have to wait for more than 8 hours Stomach pain patients travel overnight in Kwong Wah, etc. |The airport recorded 76,000 departures in four days, an increase of 16 times

Source: hk1

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