By The SUN
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| Covid cases climbed to 6,054 today, in sign of a slow but steady rise in infections |
Health authorities reported a new four-month high in the daily coronavirus infections, with the total tally reaching 6,054 today, Thursday. It is the highest daily tally since early April.
According to Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan of the Centre for Health Protection, 5,811 local cases were recorded yesterday, as well as 243 infections imported from 49 countries.
Seven places each had 10 or more travelers who tested
positive for coronavirus after arriving in
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Among the imported cases, 121 were detected at the airport, 51 during the three-day hotel quarantine, 50 during the medical surveillance period of between four and seven days, and 12 beyond this period.
Asked if the number of imported cases detected after the mandatory three-day isolation period put the community at a higher risk of infection, Dr Chuang said the figure was within expectations.
She said the infections found during medical surveillance account for only about 20% of all imported cases, and the remaining 80% are still detected either on arrival or during the mandatory three-day hotel quarantine.
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She also said the number of cases suspected to carry the highly transmissible BA.5 variant continues to rise, with the total figure now accounting for 37.2% of all cases. In comparison, the previously dominant BA.2.12.1 now makes up only 9% of the cases.
Chuang also said five related deaths were recorded yesterday, raising the total death toll from the fifth wave of infections to 9,376.
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Dr Gladys Kwan of the Hospital Authority said the fatalities involved four men and a woman aged between 50 to 92 years old. Only one of them had completed three doses of a vaccine.
Four residential care homes for the elderly reported a total of seven cases – four residents and three staff – while two residents at two separate care homes for the disabled also tested positive.
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As most schools are on holiday, there was a marked decrease in the number of cases reported from them. Still, 48 cases were reported from 36 schools today, involving 38 students and 10 teachers and staff
The number of Covid patients receiving treatment in public hospitals has gone up to 1,886, and among them, 38 patients are in critical condition, including four who were newly admitted. Nine of them are in intensive care.
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