By The SUN
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| There has been a nearly 500 drop in today's Covid tally |
Health authorities have confirmed
2,777 new Covid-19 cases Wednesday, a drop of nearly 500 from yesterday. It is the lowest daily figure since the Omicron surge started in February.
However, officials warned the
number could rebound as a lot of people gathered for the Ching Ming festival
yesterday.
Dr Edwin Tsui, controller
of the Centre for Health Protection, said that the experience in other places
show that it is unlikely that the daily infection rate will drop quickly.
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With the upcoming Easter
holiday he said the number might go up again if people gather during this
period.
Of the new cases, 1,489
were confirmed via PCR tests while the remaining 1,288 cases were reported to a
government platform by individuals who self-tested using rapid antigen kits.
The PCR positives
included seven imported cases.
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Three arrived via flight
EK384, which could result in a week-long ban on Emirates Airline plying the Thailand,
Bahrain and Abu Dhabi route.
Two flew in from Belgium
and Canada while two others arrived from United Arab Emirates and Japan.
Meanwhile, the daily
death toll rose to above 100 again. Of the 111 newly reported cases, 84 passed
away yesterday while the deaths of 27 others were not tallied earlier.
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More than 80% of the
fatalities did not receive any vaccine or had only one dose of a Covid vaccine.
Hong Kong’s infection
tally in the Omicron outbreak is now at 1.16 million while the number of deaths
rose to 8,247, for a fatality rate of .71 percent, one of the highest in the
world.
Dr Lau Ka-hin of the
Hospital Authority said the latest fatalities were aged 36 to 12.
Three of them were aged
below 60 years old and had long-term illnesses like cancer and kidney problems.
The youngest patient had brain hemorrhage since 2017 which required him to be
on a ventilator.
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There are now 10,068 patients
being treated at public hospitals and the infection control centers.
Among these 74 are in
intensive care, including 13 newly classified as critical cases; while eight
are in serious condition.
Those discharged from
hospitals over the past 24-hour reporting period numbered 655.
Separately, Lau said that
the newly completed hospital in the Lok Ma Chau Loop, which has around 11,000
beds, will be fully managed by medical workers from the mainland.
He said admission to the
hospital will follow medical guidelines from the mainland, and these will be
announced later.
