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#COVID19 cases 🇭🇰 (February 4th)

• new cases: 131

• local: 130

• local unknown source: 59

• local linked: 71

• imported: 1

• Total cases: 14,715

CHP Controller Dr Edwin Tsui: There are now around 250 unknown source cases since the 5th wave began.

There have been ~20 vertical/horizontal transmission events.

Local cases:

3 x Delta variant - all linked

123 x Omicron variant cases

4 x pending results

Unknown source case outbreaks:

Sham Shui Po x ~10

Discovery Bay has unlinked cases

Around 195 preliminary positive cases so far today.

🇭🇰 Hospital Authority COVID-19 update for February 4th

active cases: 1,550

critical condition: 1
serious condition: 0
stable condition: 1,407
pending admission: 11
TBC: 131

New discharged: 36
Total discharged: 12916
% discharged: 89.29%

New deaths: 0
Total deaths: 213

5th wave unknown source cases 7 day moving average

3rd v 4th v 5th wave local cases

3rd v 4th v 5th wave 7 day moving average local cases

5th wave active cases

Several construction sites throughout Hong Kong have unknown source outbreaks.

CHP Controller Dr Edwin Tsui: Unknown source case % increasing rapidly.

Will further enhance our social-distancing measures; hope we can slow down transmission and buy some time for us to pick up cases in the future.

Dr Chuang explained why there were ~160 prelim cases yesterday, but only 131 new confirmed cases.

Prelim results are coming in from private labs, but have to be confirmed at the Public Health Laboratory Services. Sometimes they come in late, take time to confirm.

Dr Chuang gives an update on Hing Ping House, Tai Hing Estate: Involves vertical transmission event.

*end of "this" press conference*