By The SUN
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| Dr Tsui holds up a graph showing the steady decline in Covid cases |
Hong Kong has recorded 12,240 newly confirmed Covid-19 cases
on Wednesday, the lowest daily tally in three weeks.
Among these cases, 7,990 were rapid test results reported to
a government platform while 4,250 were confirmed through PCR tests in
laboratories.
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The
additional cases took Hong Kong’s total tally in the fifth wave of the
infection to 1,075,519
At
today’s press conference, Dr Edwin Tsui, controller of the Centre for Health
Protection, used a graph in explaining that after the cases peaked in early
March there has been a downward trend in infections, but warned of further
fluctuations.
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He
said what is crucial at this stage is to get more people vaccinated, especially
the elderly. He said only about 55% of residents in care homes have been
vaccinated because many of them recently came down with the virus and will have
to wait a few months to get jabbed.
Tsui
said the CHP’s objective is to inoculate as many care home residents as
possible so the vaccination rate could go up to 90% by the end of April.
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Elsewhere
in the city, only 70% of those aged 70 years old and above have been vaccinated,
meaning about 280,000 others have yet to get a jab.
A
total of 205 new Covid-related deaths were reported, including 170 that happened
on Tuesday. The fatalities included a 29-year-old man who was fully vaccinated
but suffered from a serious thyroid disorder.
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Dr
Larry Lee from the Hospital Authority said the man was first taken to Tuen Mun
Hospital in late February with fever and shortness of breath. His condition
continued to fluctuate and on Mar 3 tested positive for Covid-19.
His
condition deteriorated sharply yesterday and he became unconscious before he
died. His case has been referred to the coroner for further investigation.
Apart
from him there were three other patients aged below 60 years old. All had
underlying medical problems.
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An additional 35 deaths that happened earlier were reported,
involving patients aged 51 to 102.
A total of 6,356 people have died in the fifth wave, pushing
the death rate to 0.59 percent.
The HA said 11,485 people are being treated in various public
hospitals and the community isolation facility at AsiaWorld-Expo.
They include 38 who are in critical condition, 23 of whom are
unvaccinated; and 73 who are in serious condition. There are a total of 103
patients in intensive care.
In the past 24 hours 1,058 patients had recovered and were
discharged.
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