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| Some of the 601 patients receiving treatment are in the North Lantau Hospital |
Health officials reported 1,917 new Covid-19 cases Sunday, 118 of which were imported.
Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan of the Centre for Health
Protection said it’s likely the numbers will reach 2,000 soon because there is
a slow but increasing trend in Covid infections.
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Of the 1,799 locally transmitted cases, 642 were
confirmed through PCR tests and the remaining 1,157 were verified rapid test
results.
Among the imported infections, 62 were detected
at the airport and the rest, during or after quarantine.
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The total number of infections from the fifth
wave has now exceed 1.225 million while related deaths remain at 9,185 as no
new fatality was reported today.
Eleven more local cases of BA.2.12.1 Omicron
sub-variant were detected, including two diners at Victoria Harbour Restaurant
in Tuen Mun, where an outbreak has led to 42 people getting infected. Five of
the cases are untraceable.
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A cluster of cases at the Prince of Wales
Hospital in Shatin continues to grow. One more nurse and a staff assisting
patients in the oncology department were tested positive Saturday, raising the
number of cases there to eight.
The ward has stopped admitting patients while it
undergoes thorough cleaning and disinfection. The HA is closely monitoring the
situation.
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At the schools, another class at St Stephen’s
College has been suspended for a week, after three students and one staff
member living in the dormitory there tested positive for the virus.
Chuang said the new cases appear unrelated to a
previous outbreak at the school but the CHP is making further investigation.
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Nine other students who live on the same floor as
the patients were put under quarantine.
At two elderly care homes in Kwai Chung and Sai
Wan, around 70 people were also moved to
a quarantine facility after several infections were found in both
places.
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Two residents and two staff members at Aura
Nursing Home had tested positive, along with a staff member at Culture Homes
Elderly Living.
Fu Tai Elderly Home in Tuen Mun also had three
residents testing positive, raising the total infection tally there to 10
residents and five staff members.
The number of patients being treated at public
hospitals and the infection control centre has grown to 601. Eleven of them are
in critical condition and 12 are in serious condition.
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