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Weekly Epidemic|Before the cancellation of the quarantine order, the number of new year diagnoses dropped by 32% last week, and the seven-day average death rate increased

2023-01-29T23:16:38.658Z


Three years after the new crown hit Hong Kong, the government canceled the quarantine order today (30th). Those who are infected do not need to be quarantined, those who test positive do not need to report, and those who are infected can go to work and school. Looking back at the last week of quarantine in Hong Kong


Three years after the new crown hit Hong Kong, the government canceled the quarantine order today (30th). Those who are infected do not need to be quarantined, those who test positive do not need to report, and those who are infected can go to work and school.

Looking back at the changes in the Hong Kong epidemic in the last week of the quarantine order, last week (January 23-29), that is, a total of 18,052 local and imported cases were recorded between the second day and the eighth day of the new year, compared with the previous week (January 16-22 Day) to 26,387 cases, a sharp decrease of 31.59%; however, the average ratio of imported cases on the 7th rebounded, slightly increasing by 1.15 percentage points to 3.38%.


Last week, the average number of patients staying in hospital was 2,380, a decrease of 28.74% week-on-week.

In terms of death cases, 31 patients died last week, 13 fewer than the previous week; the seven-day average death rate compared with the number of patients increased from 1.158% last week to 1.191%.


▼On January 29, Hong Kong people return to their hometowns to celebrate the New Year and return to Hong Kong to start work▼


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There were 18,052 confirmed cases last week, a drop of more than 30% from the previous week's 26,387.

Among them, the number of imported cases last week was 446, a decrease of 249 cases from 695 cases in the previous week, a drop of 35.8%. The average ratio of imported cases on the 7 days of last week was 3.38% of the total cases, an increase of 1.15 percentage points from a week earlier.

▼On January 24, a large number of devotees visited Che Kung Temple on the third day of the Lunar New Year in Chikou▼


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Last week, the number of variant virus Omicron subtypes showed an upward trend.

In terms of imported cases, as of 0:00 yesterday (29th), a total of 226 cases of XBB, 1 case of XBB.1.5, 6 cases of XBD, 8 cases of BA.2.75.2, 7 cases of BA.4.6, and 14 cases of BF. 7 and 40 cases of BQ.1.1 subtype.

In terms of local cases, XBB increased by 2 to 190, BF.7 increased by 3 to 48, the XBB.1.5 virus that first appeared locally two weeks ago remained at 8, and the cases of other virus strains remained unchanged.

In terms of the number of hospitalized patients, the 7-day average as of yesterday was 2,380, a decrease of about 28.74% compared to the previous week, and the average number of newly admitted patients gradually dropped to 157 yesterday, a decrease of about 29% from the previous week.

Last week, at least 140 people were admitted to the hospital in a single day, about 22.9% less than the previous week.

▼On Saturday, January 28, believers visited Yuen Yuen College in Tsuen Wan and took pictures of Tai Sui▼


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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 17, a sharp drop of 64.7% from the previous week. The total number of new critical cases in a single day fell to 14.

The average number of critically ill patients last week was 224, a decrease of about 28% from the previous week.

Among them, 28 people were receiving intensive treatment last week, similar to the previous week.

An average of 31 deaths per day last week

In terms of death cases, a total of 215 patients died last week, 90 fewer than the previous week, a drop of 29%. %; The 7-day average death rate rose slightly from 1.158% in the previous week to 1.191% in the previous week.

Epidemic︱France and Sweden continue to enforce the pre-departure testing of Chinese inbound passengers until mid-February.

1.29|The quarantine order was canceled at midnight tonight, and 3283 more cases were diagnosed. 2 more critical cases of children. The Year of the Rabbit|Faithful believers went to Yuanxuan Academy to take photos of Tai Sui one day earlier to pray for the economic recovery after the epidemic. Epidemic|The last epidemic draft added 3,283 confirmed cases, 20 deaths, and 2 new critical cases of children

Source: hk1

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