In addition, about 20 patients in public hospitals were initially found to be positive for the new crown through admission screening, and 43 patients in the same room were listed as close contacts. About 1,200 HA staff have been infected so far in the fifth wave of the epidemic.
Details of 24 patients who died in the past 24 hours:
.21 of them are over 65 years old, 6 of them have received two doses of the new crown vaccine and one has received one injection; 15 of the 21 are from institutions
.The remaining 3 younger patients, aged 52, 58 and 59, all had chronic illnesses, one of whom had been vaccinated against COVID-19
. A 52-year-old patient with diabetes and chronic renal failure, and hypoglycemia on admission
. The 58-year-old patient is a resident of an elderly home who has suffered a stroke and suffered from chronic liver disease and liver cirrhosis.
. A 59-year-old patient with diabetes, but no follow-up since 2016, with extremely high blood sugar on admission
A total of 188 patients in the fifth wave of the epidemic have died in public hospitals. Among the first 102 deaths, seven had received two doses of the new crown vaccine, and the rest had not completed or never received the vaccine.
Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Center for Health Protection, said that the mortality rate of patients without injections is 0.54%, and the mortality rate of patients with injections is 0.03%, a difference of 18 times. There was a 4-fold difference in the mortality rate between those who had injections and those who did not.
Zhang Zhujun also said that in the previous waves of epidemics, the number of children infected with the disease was much lower, and there were no deaths, and urged parents to try their best to arrange vaccinations for children and reduce taking children out.
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