The epidemic in Hong Kong is heating up. Ou Jiarong, chief doctor of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health, said at the epidemic press conference today (8th) that the number of epidemics in the past week has still increased. The latest number of confirmed cases yesterday was 14,373. The figure is the highest since July this year.
The Department of Health announced today (8th) that there were 13,575 new local cases and 798 imported cases in Hong Kong. The Hospital Authority announced that 27 more patients died today.
Today, 24 more residential care homes for the elderly and 13 residential care homes for the disabled have confirmed cases. A total of 63 residents and 4 staff have been diagnosed. A total of 107 residents have been listed as close contacts.
In terms of schools, 930 schools reported 1,975 cases, involving 1,665 students and 310 teaching staff, and 17 classes were suspended for one week.
Ou Jiarong pointed out that since November, the number of epidemic cases has risen from the “first level”. In the past week, the single-day confirmed cases of the new crown have increased by 25.5% compared with last week, and the average number of local confirmed cases has increased by 26.2% compared with the previous week; death cases and institutional cases have An increase of 10% to 20%; imported cases also increased by regarding 16%, mainly due to the increase in the number of tourists arriving in Hong Kong, and the percentage of passengers who tested positive following arriving in Hong Kong has remained stable in the past few weeks; in terms of mutated virus strains, the mainstream is still XBB and BQ .1.1.
Ou Jiarong said that the per capita virus content in sewage testing has risen further and has returned to the level of early March.
