By Daisy CL Mandap
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Hong Kong posted a slightly
lower infection figure of 7,596 on Tuesday, as health officials warned people
not to gather during the upcoming Ching Ming festival and Easter holidays.
The new tally is just slightly
lower than the 7,685 recorded yesterday, but is the fourth consecutive day that
the daily count has been in the four digits.
Cases confirmed from positive
rapid test results numbered 4,432 while there were an additional 3,164 cases from
PCR tests conducted by laboratories.
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A total of more than 1.13
million infections have been reported in the fifth wave of the epidemic in Hong
Kong.
Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan said that
while there has been a continuous drop in the daily reported cases, the number
is still high and it’s difficult to forecast that no more surge will occur.
Chuang said people should
refrain from going out in the coming holidays to prevent a new spike in cases.
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The Omicron outbreak
intensified after the Chinese New Year in mid-February, prompting the
authorities to forbid multi-household gatherings.
Earlier, government health
adviser David Hui issued the same warning, saying he was concerned that public
gatherings during the upcoming holidays would cause a rebound in Covid-19
infections.
Speaking on a radio show, Hui
said there are still a lot of infected persons with little or no symptoms, and
they could easily pass on the virus to others if people gathered.
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“If more families gather,
then the risk of an outbreak is high. I think people should go tomb sweeping on
separate days... and people can go on weekends too,” Hui said.
Meanwhile, the Hospital Authority reported 149 additional deaths from Covid-19, including 129 who passed away at public hospitals in the past 24 hours. Twenty others died between Mar 25 and 27 but their cases were not reported on time.
The official fatality toll stands
at 7,358 overall, with the death rate at 0.65%. However, health experts say the
cases will still have to be analyzed to determine the actual number that are directly
attributable to the coronavirus.
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Chuang mentioned two deaths
involving elderly persons, both unvaccinated, who passed away at the
privately-run medical facility at Chinese University which has been accepting
Covid-positive cases.
One of them, a 106-year-old
woman, was determined to have died from the coronavirus using
guidelines from the World Health Organization, said Chuang.
The patient who suffered from
chronic illnesses tested positive on Mar 15, and was transferred to CUHK on Mar
21. She passed on yesterday.
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The other fatality is a 89-year-old
man with chronic illnesses who tested positive on Mar 5 and was transferred to
CUHK on Mar 16. Another test conducted on Mar 27 yielded a negative result, but
he died of bacterial pneumonia yesterday.
Chuang said the man’s death has been classified as not directly related to
Covid.
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Responding to a reporter’s
query, Dr Sara Ho of the Hospital Authority confirmed the death of a
25-year-old woman with blood-related ailment who was found unconscious at her
Kennedy Town home by family members.
The woman was taken to a
hospital where she was declared dead. A post-mortem showed she was positive for
Covid-19.
Ho said the woman had two
doses of a Covid vaccine. Her death will be added to the fatality toll
tomorrow.
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Two deaths of male patients
who were both under 60 years old were also reported.
One was a 43 years old who
suffered from diabetes and had undergone surgery following a stroke and brain
hemorrhage. Tests done before the surgery showed he was Covid positive. Ho said
experts will determine the immediate cause of death.
The other one was 49 years
old and a substance abuser who suffered from delusions. Although he tested
positive for coronavirus, Ho said it was probably his long history of abuse of
psychotropic drugs that caused his death.
Separately, Ho said more than
20,
000 infected patients have been prescribed oral
antivirals as of yesterday.
The first drug, Molnupiravir,
was prescribed by doctors to residents of elderly care homes from Mar 4, while
Paxlovid was dispensed on Mar 16.
Ho said both medicines have
proved effective in treating Covid-19 that they are now available at public
hospitals, community treatment facilities, designated clinics and elderly care
homes.
Thirteen private hospitals
have also started prescribing the drugs. Ho said the HA is discussing with the
medical industry on whether more private doctors should be allowed to prescribe
the drugs to patients.
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