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(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) 78 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong are not limited to the elderly in the fourth wave of critically ill patients
China News Service, Hong Kong, December 7 (Reporter Han Xingtong) Hong Kong added 78 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia on December 7, including 71 local cases, 29 of which are of unknown origin. So far, a total of 6,975 confirmed cases have been confirmed in Hong Kong. A frontline physician attended the press conference that day, noting that critically ill patients in the fourth wave of the epidemic are not limited to the elderly, reminding the public to be cautious.
The 78 new confirmed cases involved 44 men and 34 women, ages 14 to 88. Of these, 7 were imported cases and 71 local cases. Among the local cases, 42 were related to previously confirmed cases, including 5 belonging to the singing and dancing group, and 3 belonging to the Lohas Park and Kai Tak site groups. The number of confirmed cases in this group has risen to 50. The source of the remaining 29 local cases is unknown.
Cases of unknown origin, including one confirmed case, had a part-time job at Hong Kong singer Zhang Jingxuan’s concert last month. Zhang Jingxuan is reported to have held a total of 8 concerts at the Hong Kong Coliseum in Hung Hom from November 22 to November 29. Zhang Zhujun, Director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Health Protection Center of the Government Health Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, revealed that the confirmed case had been responsible for diverting spectators at the stadium entrance. for several days and began developing symptoms on December 3. The confirmed case is expected to have contact with more members of the public.
Additionally, five more employees at the YATA Shatian store who were diagnosed earlier initially confirmed the diagnosis. The Health Department has asked the supermarket to close for a major cleanup; the eighth block of Kwai Shing West Village, which was violent before, has another case, but not on the same floor as the previous case.
He Wanxia, Administrative Director (Patient Safety and Risk Management) of the Hospital Authority, announced that as of 9 a.m., 59 more confirmed patients had been discharged in the last 24 hours, and a total of 5,626 patients were have recovered and discharged so far. Currently, 1,122 confirmed patients are in 22 public hospitals and community treatment facilities of AsiaWorld-Expo. Of these, 36 are in critical condition, 40 in serious condition and the remaining 1,046 in stable condition.
As a front-line physician, Chen Jinsong, a member of the Coordinating Committee of the Hospital Authority’s Intensive Care Unit, also attended the press conference that day and revealed that of the 36 critically ill patients currently in public hospitals , more than 90% entered this month, which is the fourth wave. Diagnosed during the epidemic. He found that the conditions of these patients were different from those of previous waves of critical patients, they were already in serious condition from the moment of their admission to the hospital. Some people had to intubate in the accident and emergency department, and 6 of them were under 60 years old and 2 under 50 years old. It can be seen that critically ill patients in this epidemic wave is not limited to the elderly, reminded the public to be more cautious. (End up)
