Hong Kong added 16,953 new confirmed cases of Wuhan pneumonia today, including 982 imported cases, a new high in six months, while Macau also added 96 confirmed cases yesterday.

Schematic diagram, the picture shows the Cotai Strip in Macau.

(Bloomberg)

[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] Hong Kong added 16,953 new confirmed cases of Wuhan pneumonia (new coronavirus disease, COVID-19) today (21), including 982 imported cases, a new high in six months.

Macau also had 96 new confirmed cases yesterday, and a 95-year-old female infected person died.

According to comprehensive foreign media reports, the epidemic situation in Hong Kong is still raging. The number of confirmed cases in a single day today climbed to 16,953, 1,971 more than yesterday.

Among them, 982 cases were imported from abroad, a record high for at least half a year.

As for the death toll, 50 new patients died today, bringing the cumulative death toll to 11,293, with a fatality rate of 0.47%.

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In addition, the Hong Kong Center for Health Protection also discovered 8 local cases of the mutant strain today, including 5 cases of XBB, 1 case of BF.7, and 2 cases of BQ.1.1.

Regarding the epidemic situation in Macau, according to the data of the Emergency Coordination Center, a total of 96 confirmed cases of pneumonia in Wuhan were added yesterday, including a 95-year-old female patient who died.

Luo Yilong, director of the Macau Health Bureau, pointed out that the number of new confirmed cases in Macau currently falls to more than 80 to 90 people per day. He predicted that the number of confirmed cases will continue to rise, and it will face the peak of the epidemic in about 1 to 2 weeks.

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