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HK adds 1,076 Covid cases, on-campus BA.2.12.1 suspected
Hong Kong reports 1,076 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, as C.C.C. Kei Wan Primary School (Aldrich Bay) sees suspected BA.2.12.1 transmissions on campus.
Among the new cases, 429 were confirmed by PCR tests, and 647 were self-declared positive RAT tests successfully confirmed by health authorities. The Centre for Health Protection's Chuang Shuk-kwan reported that the official caseload of the fifth wave now exceeded 1.216 million.
Chuang also added 122 imported cases, of whom 69 were detected at the airport.
A total of 177 cases were reported by 144 schools, involving 143 students and 34 teachers and school staffers. Forty-five schools reported two cases or more in the past seven days.
Health authorities recommended two more classes to suspend, one of which was class 2C of the Districts Business Welfare Association School (FDBWA) Szeto Ho Secondary School in Kwun Tong. The class of 34 has so far seen four cases.
Meanwhile, St. Francis Xavier's College in Tsuen Wan has two extracurricular activities that saw outbreaks, including a basketball team, where 17 students participated in the training on June 17 and seven tested positives.
Another Muay Thai class with 14 students participated, reported three students and one teacher being confirmed.
Class 5Y of St Stephen's College, which reported three cases yesterday, added four more cases today, involving two students in the same class, one teacher and one roommate of the previous case.
The city added 14 suspected BA.2.12.1 cases, which were suspected to carry L452Q. One of them was the case reported yesterday in class 5C of C.C.C. Kei Wan Primary School (Aldrich Bay), and the other four related cases may also be suspected BA.2.12.1 cases.
Chuang said the number of confirmed cases was expected to rise slowly and the authorities are closely monitoring the trend of the outbreak. As for whether to adjust the entry requirements of Macao, she said the center was monitoring the local situation and will make adjustments if necessary.
Another residential care home saw a new case on Tuesday, involving one staff who last went to work on June 18 and tested positive on June 20. Six residents at the center have to be quarantined.
Hospital Authority's chief manager for patient safety and risk management, Sara Ho Yuen-ha, didn't report any new death today, meaning that the city's death tally stays at 9,183.
Public hospitals and treatment facilities are now housing 509 patients. Fourteen of them are in critical condition, eleven are in serious condition, and two are in hospital intensive care units. In the past 24 hours, 54 patients have recovered from Covid and were discharged.
Chuang also added 122 imported cases, of whom 69 were detected at the airport.
A total of 177 cases were reported by 144 schools, involving 143 students and 34 teachers and school staffers. Forty-five schools reported two cases or more in the past seven days.
Health authorities recommended two more classes to suspend, one of which was class 2C of the Districts Business Welfare Association School (FDBWA) Szeto Ho Secondary School in Kwun Tong. The class of 34 has so far seen four cases.
Meanwhile, St. Francis Xavier's College in Tsuen Wan has two extracurricular activities that saw outbreaks, including a basketball team, where 17 students participated in the training on June 17 and seven tested positives.
Another Muay Thai class with 14 students participated, reported three students and one teacher being confirmed.
Class 5Y of St Stephen's College, which reported three cases yesterday, added four more cases today, involving two students in the same class, one teacher and one roommate of the previous case.
The city added 14 suspected BA.2.12.1 cases, which were suspected to carry L452Q. One of them was the case reported yesterday in class 5C of C.C.C. Kei Wan Primary School (Aldrich Bay), and the other four related cases may also be suspected BA.2.12.1 cases.
Chuang said the number of confirmed cases was expected to rise slowly and the authorities are closely monitoring the trend of the outbreak. As for whether to adjust the entry requirements of Macao, she said the center was monitoring the local situation and will make adjustments if necessary.
Another residential care home saw a new case on Tuesday, involving one staff who last went to work on June 18 and tested positive on June 20. Six residents at the center have to be quarantined.
Hospital Authority's chief manager for patient safety and risk management, Sara Ho Yuen-ha, didn't report any new death today, meaning that the city's death tally stays at 9,183.
Public hospitals and treatment facilities are now housing 509 patients. Fourteen of them are in critical condition, eleven are in serious condition, and two are in hospital intensive care units. In the past 24 hours, 54 patients have recovered from Covid and were discharged.
