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Source title: The 78 recently confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Hong Kong are mainly local infections
Xinhua News Agency, Hong Kong, December 7 (Reporter Ding Ziyi) The Health Protection Center of the Government Health Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region announced on December 7 that, at 0:00 that day, 78 new cases of coronary pneumonia had been confirmed in Hong Kong, including 71 local infections and 7 imported cases. example. In Hong Kong, a total of 6,975 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia have been reported.
At the briefing on the epidemic held on the afternoon of the same day, Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Center for Health Protection, said that the 78 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia included 44 men and 34 women. , between 14 and 88 years old. Of the 71 cases of local infection, 29 of the sources of infection are unknown and 42 cases are related to other locally confirmed cases.
According to Chen Jinsong, a member of the Coordinating Committee of the Intensive Care Department of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority, the fourth wave of the epidemic in Hong Kong is fierce. Of the 36 confirmed critically ill cases still in the hospital for treatment, 33 cases were discovered and admitted after November 1.
Chen Jinsong said the critically ill patients reported in the fourth wave of the Hong Kong epidemic are not limited to the elderly. Young people must also be cautious. Being young does not mean that the risk of infection is low.
The use of isolation beds in Hong Kong has exceeded 70% and the use of negative pressure beds in the intensive care department has reached 70%. Chen Jinsong predicts that the pressure from the intensive care department service will continue to increase in the future. The HA will adjust or reduce non-emergency services in public hospitals in due course and reserve the number of beds and staff to respond.
According to the Hong Kong Hospital Authority, at 9 a.m. that day, a total of 59 confirmed patients had been discharged from the Hong Kong hospital in the past 24 hours. So far, a total of 5,626 confirmed or suspected patients have recovered and discharged. A total of 1,122 confirmed patients are being treated at 22 public hospitals and the AsiaWorld-Expo community isolation facilities. Of these, 36 are in dangerous condition, 40 are in serious condition and the remaining 1,046 are in stable condition.
