By The SUN
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| Drs Chuang Shuk-kwan and Larry Lee at the daily Covid briefing |
Health officials have
confirmed 794 new Covid-19 cases, the second day in a row that the daily infection
tally has fallen to below 1,000.
Among the new cases
were 12 imported from overseas, including nine travellers who arrived yesterday
and three who were already undergoing hotel quarantine.
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Of the new arrivals, four came on flight KL819, three on CX865, one on flight 3S516 and one on TR980. As a result, flight KL819 from Amsterdam and CX865 from Vancouver were both suspended for a week in line with anti-pandemic restrictions.
Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan of
the Centre for Health Protection said of the day’s infections, 499 were
confirmed through PCR tests and 345 were reported by people who self-tested
using rapid antigen tests.
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Chuang said the total tally
from the fifth wave of the pandemic now stands at 1,184,447.
Dr Larry Lee of the Hospital
Authority reported 41 deaths involving Covid patients, which pushed the
fatality toll to 8,897.
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Among these, 34 were
recorded in public hospitals on Friday. Among them, 14 were residents of
elderly homes, 13 had no vaccination record and 31 were aged above 65.
The three relatively
younger patients were two men aged 55 and 57, and a 44-year-old woman who all
suffered from chronic diseases.
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The older man had been at Ruttonjee hospital since since suffering a stroke on Feb 22. He tested positive on Apr 10 and died yesterday. He had two doses of a Covid vaccine.
The younger man had
one vaccine dose and suffered from lung cancer. He was admitted to the
emergency room of Princess Margaret Hospital on March 14 and tested positive
for Covid on April 2.
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As for the woman, she
suffered from a heart condition and a kidney disease. She was admitted to the
emergency room of Yan Chai Hospital on Mar 24 and tested positive for Covid the
same day.
Lee also reported
seven deaths between March 7 and Thursday that were not logged on time, involving
two men and five women aged 81 to 91.
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As of the latest
bulletin, 8,280 patients are still confined at public hospitals and other
treatment facilities.
Among them, five are
in critical condition and are among 52 in intensive care while three are in
serious condition.
A total of 802 patients have recovered and been discharged.
Dr Chuang repeated the call for children
to get vaccinated ahead of the resumption of face-to-face classes after the
Easter holidays.
