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| It's the first time in more than a month that the daily figure dropped to less than 10k |
Health officials reported on
Sunday a total of 8,841 Covid cases - the first time the tally has fallen to below
10,000 in more than a month, and the third consecutive drop in the daily infection
figure.
The last time the city posted
a four-digit caseload was on Feb 24, when 8,798 cases were recorded.
Of the new infections 8,841 were from rapid tests reported on the government platform while , 3,884 were confirmed via PCR tests by laboratories.
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Six of the cases were imported and the rest were
all locally acquired.
The total Covid-19 tally from
the fifth wave now stands at 1,107,839.
Dr Albert Au of the Centre
for Health Protection said that while the numbers have been falling everyone
must stay alert, saying a rebound could still happen
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Housing Authority’s Dr Larry
Lee reported 139 deaths recorded in public hospitals, including a
three-year-old girl who had been staying in a hospital because of a serious
brain disease.
She had fever and cramps on
Mar 18 and was rushed to Prince of Wales Hospital where she her x-ray showed
signs of pneumonia. She tested positive for Covid on admission.
Her condition worsened after
she was moved to the pediatric intensive care unit where she later died.
Lee said her case has been
referred to the coroner for further investigation.
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Of the day’s reported cases
114 happened on Friday while 21 were not reported on time. An additional four deaths
were reported involving patients who tested positive for coronavirus during
autopsy.
There were four other
patients below 60 who were found to have Covid before they died. All suffered
from chronic illnesses like epilepsy, late-stage cancer and thyroid disorder.
The new cases drove up the
death toll from the fifth wave to 6,888.
Meanwhile, the official in
charge of the government’s vaccination drive, Patrick Nip, has said that the
elderly and the disabled will soon be inoculated at their homes.
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| The elderly will be vaccinated at home from next week |
Speaking after attending a
radio show, Nip said those who will be given this service are those aged 70 and
above or have disabilities.
He said an online platform
will be set up next week so local organizations that are in touch with the
target groups can sign up for the outreach service on their behalf.
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Medical outreach teams will
be sent to different districts to provide the service.
Separately, Wallace Lau, the
interim dean of medicine at the University of Hong Kong and one for the
government advisers on pandemic control said the low vaccination rate among the
elderly was the reason the daily death toll has not gone down in the past few
weeks.
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Lau said the number of deaths
among those over 80 is higher this year than during pre-Covid times, suggesting
that the coronavirus has posed a high risk to their lives.
But he noted the fatality
toll is now down to around 200 per day from around 300 in the past two weeks.
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