Xinhua News Agency, Hong Kong, August 16 (Reporter Zhu Yuxuan) The Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government introduced on the afternoon of the 16th that as of 0:00 on the 16th, Hong Kong had newly confirmed 74 new cases of new coronary pneumonia, including 70 local infections, imported 4 cases of sex. A total of 4480 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia have been reported in Hong Kong.
Zhang Zhujun, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases of the Center for Health Protection, said that of the new local infection cases that day, 20 cases could not be found at the source of the infection, and 50 cases were related to previous related infection groups. In addition, there are more than 20 preliminary confirmed cases.
Zhang Zhujun said that at the Kwai Tsing Container Terminal where the confirmed cases had been confirmed before, the Department of Health distributed the new coronavirus test sample bottles. The test results showed that 34 people were diagnosed, of which 33 confirmed patients were employees of the same port company. Many confirmed patients did not The symptoms have been diagnosed by 55 container terminal employees so far.
According to Yu Huiling, Chief Administrative Manager (Medical Effectiveness and Technology Management) of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority, the current medical personal protective equipment of the Hospital Authority is sufficient for the next four months. As of 9:00 on the 16th, the death toll of confirmed patients with new coronary pneumonia in Hong Kong has increased to 69; a total of 3548 confirmed and 1 suspected patients have been discharged so far; there are still 761 confirmed patients in hospital, of which 27 are in critical condition and 42 are in serious condition. The remaining patients are in stable condition; the utilization rate of negative pressure beds in Hong Kong is about 55.3%, and the utilization rate of negative pressure wards is about 63.2%.