By The SUN
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| Dr Au again urged residents to self-test from tomorrow until Sunday |
Health authorities reported a slight drop in the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases Thursday but the daily death toll remained high.
Dr Albert Au of the Centre for Health Protection said an additional 2,644 coronavirus cases were recorded the previous day.
These include 1,368 confirmed via nucleic acid or PCR tests while 1,276 were reported by people who self-tested using rapid antigen tests.
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The death toll went up to 8,344 after 97 more deaths were reported, 90 of them occurring on Wednesday while the seven others were not reported on time. The city’s mortality rate went up correspondingly to 0.71 percent.
Those who died yesterday were aged 27 to 104 while the lagged cases involved patients who were between 72 and 100 years old.
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Dr Lau Ka-hin of the Hospital Authority said the youngest fatality was a 27-year-old man with asthma who was found collapsed at home yesterday. He was rushed to hospital but his heart had stopped beating.
On Mar 16 the patient was admitted to
Lau said the patient was allowed to go home that day as the viral load indicated he was no longer infectious.
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Another 52-year-old female patient who suffered from breast cancer also passed out at home yesterday and was also taken to a hospital but did not regain consciousness.
She tested positive for Covid-19 earlier, and had gone to a designated clinic after experiencing a sore throat and runny nose.
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| Dr Lau says further investigation will be made on two recovered patients who died at home |
Lau said both cases will be investigated further.
Au said the CHP has been in talks with the Education Bureau on how to prevent the spread of the virus in schools when classes resume after the Easter break.
He said an option being considered is to require students to do rapid tests at home before going to schools.
“Some students will definitely be carrying the virus. Schools probably won’t close like they did in the past just because there’s one single case,” he said.
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He added the CHP will carry out scientific investigations and risk assessments before deciding whether classes should be suspended on a case-to-case basis.
Au also took the chance to urge residents to comply with the government’s request for everyone to conduct rapid tests for three consecutive days starting tomorrow, so it can better gauge the Covid situation.
He also appealed to elderly people to get vaccinated before the next wave of infection occurs.
He said those who missed out on the free care packages from the government that contain rapid antigen test kits, masks and medicines may pick them up at distribution points across the territory.
The list is here: a.info.gov.hk/general/202204/04/P2022040400630_390415_1_1649084787424.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2t1OhLE5kH0DY-GdWVFiVbmtjT7MhZpGDRs7B5RSeiKudUq5RlPiCzJaA
