(Fighting New Crown Pneumonia) 9,219 new cases in Hong Kong hit a new high in more than two months
China News Service, Hong Kong November 24 (Reporter Han Xingtong) The Health Protection Center of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government Health Department announced on the 24th that at 00:00 that day, there were 9,219 new positive cases of the new corona virus in Hong Kong, a new high since 9/11. The Center for Health Protection said the number of daily new cases, cases involving institutions, and new hospital admissions have all increased over the past week.
Of the new cases that day, 8,500 were local cases, including 1,775 cases positive for nucleic acid tests and 6,725 cases positive for rapid tests. There were also 719 imported cases. The Hong Kong Hospital Authority (HA) has announced that 13 new confirmed patients have died in public hospitals in the past day.
Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Health Protection Center, said the average number of confirmed cases per day was 7,900 in the past week, an increase of about 24% from the previous week. Among them, there were about 7,300 local cases, an increase of about 25%, while imported cases increased by about 21.5%. Zhang Zhujun said the death cases also increased by 14.7% in the past week, reaching 78 cases.
The number of infections involving residential homes, especially homes for the elderly, has increased. Zhang Zhujun said that last week, 79 aged care homes had cases, involving 116 residents and 11 staff members; 31 cases occurred in residential care homes for the disabled, involving 43 residents and 2 staff members.
Liu Jiaxian, general administrative director of the Hospital Authority, said that more than 1,500 new corona patients were admitted to the Hospital Authority facilities last week, a number that increased by about 40% compared to the beginning of October. . The number of new patients admitted with new crowns has also increased every day: recently, about 350 patients were admitted to the hospital every day. Among hospitalized patients, the number of critically ill and serious patients rose to more than 100 a day. (End)
Article source: China News Agency
Responsible editor: Xu Yamin
