As the COVID-19 epidemic continues, the number of deaths in Hong Kong has also risen sharply in recent days.
"Hong Kong 01" counted the number of deaths in the past month, and found that among the death cases, the rate of three injections was the highest, accounting for 50-60% of the overall cases; followed by "zero injection" deaths, accounting for 10-20% of the overall cases.
Xu Shuchang, a government expert consultant and chair professor of the Department of Respiratory System at Chinese University, said today (9th) that he has noticed that the number of deaths who have received three doses of vaccines has increased recently. It is believed that many people have received the third dose for more than half a year, and the effectiveness is gradually fading. High-risk groups need to receive a fourth injection.
▼The situation of the emergency department of Kwong Wah Hospital on December 27 last year▼
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About 40% of the dead patients should be hospitalized
The epidemic situation in Hong Kong has dropped slightly in recent days, but the number of deaths has remained at a high level of more than 60. The average death rate in the past seven days has risen to 0.412%, which is a new high in the past seven months.
"Hong Kong 01" counted the number of deaths in the past month and found that the number of deaths has been rising since the middle of last month.
The number of deaths in residential care has also increased, from the previous number of units to more than 20, accounting for 30% to 40% of the total cases, and on January 7, 31 residents died of the epidemic, accounting for 31% of the total deaths. Four out of three cases.
10% to 20% of the dead are "zero needles"
As for injections, among the death cases, three injections had the highest rate, accounting for 50 to 60% of the total cases; followed by no injections, accounting for 10 to 20% of the overall cases.
However, after the three injections, the number of deaths from the epidemic has risen significantly, from just over 10 in the middle of last month to as many as 40 in recent days.
In addition, before the relaxation of the vaccine pass, the number of deaths among the cases who did not get an injection also increased slightly. On average, there were double-digit deaths of patients who did not get an injection every day. On January 2, 22 patients who did not get an injection died.
▼On the morning of the first day of customs clearance on January 8, not many mainland tourists and Hong Kong people entered the country▼
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Xu Shuchang: Many people have received the third injection for more than half a year and their immunity level has declined
Xu Shuchang said this morning that he recently participated in the analysis of the data of the Hospital Authority and found that the number of deaths who have received three doses of the new crown vaccine has increased. It is believed that this is related to the fact that many people have received the third dose for more than half a year and their immunity level has begun to decline.
He called on the elderly and high-risk groups with weakened immune systems to receive a fourth booster dose three months after the third dose, while ordinary citizens can receive the fourth dose half a year after the third dose.
Leung Tze-chao, a specialist in respiratory system, also pointed out that there are two main reasons for the increase in the death rate. One is the lag in the occurrence of death cases.
The second is that residents of nursing homes for the elderly have secondary infections due to immune attenuation, and the proportion of admissions is on the rise, and there are more severe cases.
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