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Covid-19 cases drop to 2,777 but deaths pass 100 mark again

06 April 2022

By The SUN 

There has been a nearly 500 drop in today's Covid tally 

Health authorities have confirmed 2,777 new Covid-19 cases Wednesday, a drop of nearly 500 from yesterday. It is the lowest daily figure since the Omicron surge started in February.

However, officials warned the number could rebound as a lot of people gathered for the Ching Ming festival yesterday.

Dr Edwin Tsui, controller of the Centre for Health Protection, said that the experience in other places show that it is unlikely that the daily infection rate will drop quickly.

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With the upcoming Easter holiday he said the number might go up again if people gather during this period.

Of the new cases, 1,489 were confirmed via PCR tests while the remaining 1,288 cases were reported to a government platform by individuals who self-tested using rapid antigen kits.

The PCR positives included seven imported cases.

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Three arrived via flight EK384, which could result in a week-long ban on Emirates Airline plying the Thailand, Bahrain and Abu Dhabi route.

Two flew in from Belgium and Canada while two others arrived from United Arab Emirates and Japan.

Meanwhile, the daily death toll rose to above 100 again. Of the 111 newly reported cases, 84 passed away yesterday while the deaths of 27 others were not tallied earlier.

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More than 80% of the fatalities did not receive any vaccine or had only one dose of a Covid vaccine.

Hong Kong’s infection tally in the Omicron outbreak is now at 1.16 million while the number of deaths rose to 8,247, for a fatality rate of .71 percent, one of the highest in the world.

Dr Lau Ka-hin of the Hospital Authority said the latest fatalities were aged 36 to 12.

Three of them were aged below 60 years old and had long-term illnesses like cancer and kidney problems. The youngest patient had brain hemorrhage since 2017 which required him to be on a ventilator.

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There are now 10,068 patients being treated at public hospitals and the infection control centers.

Among these 74 are in intensive care, including 13 newly classified as critical cases; while eight are in serious condition.

Those discharged from hospitals over the past 24-hour reporting period numbered 655.

Separately, Lau said that the newly completed hospital in the Lok Ma Chau Loop, which has around 11,000 beds, will be fully managed by medical workers from the mainland.

He said admission to the hospital will follow medical guidelines from the mainland, and these will be announced later.


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