Xinhua News Agency, Hong Kong, April 12-The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Department of Health introduced on the 12th that as of 16:00 on the 12th, there were 4 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia on that day, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases increased to 1004.
At the briefing meeting held by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government on the same day, Zhang Zhujun, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases, Department of Health Protection, Department of Health, introduced that the four newly diagnosed patients were 2 men and 2 women, 3 had traveled outside, and the other was a local case. The local case is a 63-year-old woman who was a close contact with a previously diagnosed patient.
He Wanxia, chief administrative manager (patient safety and risk management) of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority, said that as of 12 noon on the 12th, 13 of the diagnosed patients in hospital were in critical condition and 8 were in serious condition. At present, 671 people are hospitalized for isolation treatment, and a total of 360 patients who have been diagnosed or suspected of being infected with the new crown virus have been discharged.
Zhang Zhujun said that the number of newly diagnosed cases has recently declined, but it cannot be judged that the epidemic has been controlled. She urged the public not to take it lightly. The current global epidemic is still serious and it is not appropriate to travel abroad.