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| The CHP says the infection tally will likely top $10k in a matter of days |
Hong Kong reported a total of 9,708 new Covid-19 cases
on Sunday, the biggest number posted in five months.
The daily tally jumped by more than 1,000 cases in
just one day, and health officials say it is just a matter of time before the
total caseload breaches the 10,000 mark.
Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan of the Centre for Health Protection
said the surge in new infections was due to the more infections Omicron
subvariant, BA.4 and BA.5, which now account for 50.5% of all the cases.
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"The figure of the
confirmed cases is still increasing…with a faster rate recently, possibly due
to the increasing proportion of BA.5 Omicron variant. So (a) number exceeding
10,000 is expected in the coming days," Chuang said at the daily press
briefing.
The Hospital Authority reported
10 related deaths, involving eight males and two females aged 62 to 99 years
old. They took the death toll in the fifth wave to 9,451.
Four of the fatalities had
three shots of a vaccine, five had two jabs, and one was not vaccinated.
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An additional 339 patients
were admitted to public hospitals and infection control centres, bringing the
total number to 2,453.
Among them, 43 are now in
critical condition, after 10 more were admitted yesterday, and 41 are in
serious condition, with nine of them being newly admitted. The total number of
critical patients who are in intensive care has risen to 13.
The new infections include 213 imported from 55 different countries. They include 89 detected on arrival at Hong Kong Airport, 60 during the three-day hotel quarantine, and 51 between days 4 and 7. The 13 detected after this period are likely re-positive cases.
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There were more than 10 positive cases in each of these countries: India, 25; Thailand, 20; the Philippines, 18; United States and United Kingdom, 16 each; and Singapore, 12.
In response to the continuing surge in
confirmed cases, the HA has activated phase 3 of its bed mobilization plan to
reserve more beds for patients, and deploy more people to manage patients
confirmed with Covid-19.
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But to do this, public hospitals will have to cut more non-emergency services such as elective surgeries and limit day and outpatient services some more.
Starting tomorrow, some general outpatient
clinics will either have to suspend or reduce their clinic sessions.
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Affected patients are advised to seek
consultation at other GOPCs or at private practitioners. Chronic patients with
follow-up appointments at the clinics concerned are advised to refill their
drugs at the corresponding medication refill clinics on the appointment day.
Those scheduled to have Covid-19
vaccination at the affected clinics will receive text messages on the latest
arrangement.
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For the service adjustment on the
distribution of specimen collection packs and collection of specimens for of
deep throat saliva test, please refer to www.coronavirus.gov.hk/eng/early-testing.html.
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