There were 11,091 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Hong Kong yesterday, including 181 imported cases. 777 schools reported 1,356 positive cases among teachers and students yesterday. Some 24 schools were advised by the authorities to suspend face-to-face classes for a week due to the range of 2 to 9 cases recorded in individual classes. There were also cases in 5 residential care homes for the elderly or the disabled yesterday, involving 13 residents and 2 staff members. A total of 146 residents were classified as close contacts and required to be quarantined.
The Hospital Authority announced 11 more deaths, ranging in age from 68 to 101 years old, of which 9 were related to COVID-19, and 2 were not related to COVID-19. The Forensic Medicine Division of the Department of Health also reported a mortuary case. A 71-year-old man who had received three doses of the new crown vaccine and had tuberculosis, hydropulmonary and pulmonary hypertension died in his apartment last Thursday (1st), and his body was later found. with the corona virus.
Ou Jiarong, chief physician of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Centre for Health Protection, said that the fatality rates of people over 60 who have been vaccinated with four injections and three injections are 0.04% and 0.15%, respectively, which are 194 times and 52% higher than the 7.76% case fatality rate of the group without injections, respectively. times difference. Li Liye, chief executive manager of the Hospital Authority, appealed to citizens in need to consider getting the fourth shot if they want better antibody protection.
In addition, the Central Kowloon Clinic of the Hospital Authority in Kowloon City will suspend general outpatient services from today and will be converted to designated clinics. Li Liye said that a total of 1,178 people sought medical treatment at designated clinics the day before yesterday, an increase of nearly 300 people from the 26th of last month, and he believes that the service adjustment will help meet the increased demand.
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