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Weekly Epidemic|The number of confirmed cases last week was halved to nearly 620,000. The average death rate doubled to 0.76% in 7 days

2023-01-15T23:09:41.474Z


Hong Kong is gradually returning to normal, and the high-speed rail officially resumed operation on Sunday (15th). Looking back at last week (January 9-15), the epidemic situation showed obvious signs of decline, and a total of 61,777 local and imported cases were recorded, compared with the previous week (January 2-8).


Hong Kong is gradually returning to normal, and the high-speed rail officially resumed operation on Sunday (15th).

Looking back at last week (January 9-15), the epidemic situation showed obvious signs of decline. A total of 61,777 local and imported cases were recorded, which was nearly half of the 59,169 cases or 48.9% compared with the previous week (January 2-8).


Last week, the average total number of patients in hospital was 4,390, a weekly decrease of 14.27%.

As for the death cases, the difference in the number of deaths in the two weeks is not large. Last week, 471 patients died, only 2 people less than the previous week. However, the seven-day average death rate compared with the number of patients increased by 0.371 percentage points last week, doubling to 0.762%.


2 local cases of Omicron subtype XBB.1.5 were recorded

There were 61,777 confirmed cases last week, a sharp drop from 120,946 the previous week.

Among them, the number of imported cases last week was 1,688, a decrease of 703 cases or 29.4% from the 2,391 cases in the previous week; the average ratio of imported cases on the 7th day of last week was 2.72% of the total cases, a weekly increase of 0.66 percentage points.

Last week, the number of variant virus Omicron subtypes showed an upward trend. As of 00:00 on Sunday (15th), imported cases remained unchanged. So far, a total of 226 cases of XBB, 1 case of XBB.1.5, 6 cases of XBD, 8 There were BA.2.75.2, 7 BA.4.6, 13 BF.7 and 38 BQ.1.1 subtype cases.

In terms of local cases, XBB increased by 4.05% to 180 cases, 2 new cases of XBB.1.5 were the first virus to appear locally, BQ1.1 increased by 6.06% to 210 cases, and BF.7 increased by 33.33% to 36 cases. As for the cases of other virus strains stay the same.

In terms of the number of hospitalized patients, the 7-day average as of yesterday was 4,390, a decrease of 14.27% compared to the previous week. By last Sunday, the average number of newly admitted patients had gradually dropped to 300, a decrease of 31.66% week-on-week.

At least 416 people were admitted to the hospital on a single day in a week, and at least 298 people were admitted to the hospital in a single day this week.

▼On January 15, the first train from the new branch line to Guangzhou East will leave▼


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The number of new critical cases in a single day fell back to 20 after a month

Last week, the number of new critical and serious cases in a single day showed a downward trend. The average number of cases on the 7th of last week was 44, a weekly decrease of 37.14%.

The average number of critically ill patients last week was 402, an increase of 12.99% over the previous week.

Among them, the number of people receiving intensive treatment last week reached 49, which is not much different from the previous week.

Last week, an average of 67.3 people died per day

In terms of death cases, a total of 471 patients died last week, which is only 2 people or 0.42% less than the previous week. The average number of deaths on the 7th was 67.3. A total of 12,813 people died in Hong Kong. 1.054%, an eight-month high, while the 7-day average death rate rose from 0.391% the previous week to 0.762% last week.

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Source: hk1

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