(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) 11 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong have a small outbreak in Dawei Traffic City

  China News Service, Hong Kong, September 7 (Reporter Zeng Ping) The Health Protection Center of the Department of Health of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government announced on the 7th that as of 0:00 that day, 11 new cases of new coronary pneumonia have been confirmed in Hong Kong, including the Dawei Traffic City group. Five cases were confirmed and a small outbreak occurred.

The cumulative number of confirmed cases in Hong Kong has increased to 4889, and the cumulative number of deaths has increased to 97.

  According to the notification, 10 of the new cases announced on the same day were local cases, of which 6 were epidemiologically related to the previously confirmed case, and 4 cases were temporarily unidentified; 5 of the local cases had undergone general inspection The plan found that one case was an imported case, and the patient was a foreign domestic helper from the Philippines.

Another less than 10 cases were initially diagnosed.

  Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health, said that of the 6 cases related to the earlier confirmed cases, 5 were from the Dawei Traffic City group. The group has so far 9 confirmed cases and a small outbreak has occurred. .

Among them, there were multiple confirmed cases in the business on the 6th floor of the building. The Department of Health believes that 20 to 30 people on the same floor are at high risk and need to be quarantined. People on other floors need to be tested for the virus.

  Zhang Zhujun said that all the new cases of unknown origin that day were found by the general inspection plan, including pregnant women who worked as dispensers at Prince Edward Road West Chinese Medicine Clinic, retired people living in Tsuen Wan, men living in Lam Tin and working in Ngau Tau Kok restaurants, and living in Wong Tai Sin. Housewife.

  Zhang Zhujun believes that the number of new cases in a single day in Hong Kong has fluctuated recently. When there are fewer new cases, there are still cases of unknown origin, indicating that there is still invisible transmission in the community.

  The Chief Administrative Manager (Quality and Standards) of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority, Liu Jiaxian, stated that as of 9 am on the same day, 3 confirmed cases between 69 and 96 had passed away in the past 24 hours. A total of 97 have passed away so far; 13 in the same period. A total of 4,524 confirmed patients have been discharged from the hospital. There are still 229 confirmed patients in hospital, of which 20 are in critical condition, 16 are in serious condition, and 193 are in stable condition.

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