Among the new cases, 3,473 are local – 3,244 are in the community while 229 are dormitory residents. The remaining eight cases are imported.The ratio of community cases for the past week over the week before – or the weekly infection growth rate – is 0.88, up from Tuesday's 0.82. This is the eighth day in a row that the figure was reported to be below one.A total of 2,495 cases were discharged on Wednesday, of whom 433 are patients aged 60 and above, said the MOH.
Currently, 1,686 cases are warded in hospital. Over the last 28 days, of the 91,844 infected individuals, 98.7 per cent had no or mild symptoms.A total of 137 cases are in the intensive care unit – 62 are unstable and under close monitoring to prevent further deterioration, while 75 are critically ill and intubated.The MOH noted that over the past seven days, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who are critically ill in the ICU are at 0.5 and 5.
Over the same period, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who died are 0.1 and 1 per 100,000 population, respectively, it added.Among those aged 60 and above, the number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated cases who are critically ill in the ICU are 1.9 and 45.8, respectively. The number of fully vaccinated and non-fully vaccinated seniors who died are 0.4 and 9.5, respectively, said the MOH.
Apart from the 540 patients who have died from COVID-19 complications, 15 others who tested positive for the virus were determined to have died from unrelated causes, including three whose deaths were attributed to a heart attack and another four whose deaths were attributed to coronary heart disease.
As of Tuesday, 85 per cent of the population have completed their full regimen or received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines, 86 per cent have received at least one dose and 19 per cent have received their booster shots.South China Morning Post