COVID-19 cases 🇭🇰 January 19th, 2023

• New local cases: 3893 📈 (+209)
• Hospitalisations: 3344 📉 (-242)
• New admissions: 210 📉 (-13)

• New serious cases: 19
• Total serious cases: 154

• New critical cases: 9
• Total critical cases: 162

• ICU: 33

• New deaths: 45 • New reported PCR+ cases: 832 📉 (-73)

• New reported RAT+ cases: 3061 📈 (+282)

• Imported: 122 (+13)

• New cases January 19: 4015 📈 (+222)

• Total cases: 2,848,021

• Total Deaths: 13,010

• Local Cases post-5th Wave: 1,557,234

• Post-5th Wave deaths: 3479

Secretary for Health, Professor Lo Chung-mau:

• Isolation orders for COVID-19 positive cases to end Monday, January 30th

• high levels of infections at end of 2022, now past another peak

• case fatality rate in early 2022 was 0.77, latest peak 0.19

• better immunity now Professor Lo Chung-mau:

(now running through data to show better hybrid immunity in Hong Kong and the hospital system can now better cope.)

COVID-19 cases 🇭🇰 January 18th, 2023

• New local cases: 3684 📉 (-60)
• Hospitalisations: 3586 📉 (-259)
• New admissions: 223 📉 (-35)

• New serious cases: 13
• Total serious cases: 154

• New critical cases: 17
• Total critical cases: 175

• ICU: 36
• New deaths: 56 • New reported PCR+ cases: 905 📈 (+59)

• New reported RAT+ cases: 2779 📉 (-119)

• Imported: 109 (+10)

• New cases January 18: 3793 📉 (-50)

• Total cases: 2,844,006

• Total Deaths: 12,965

• Local Cases post-5th Wave: 1,553,341

• Post-5th Wave deaths: 3434

COVID-19 cases 🇭🇰 January 17th, 2023

• New local cases: 3744 📉 (-785)
• Hospitalisations: 3845 📉 (-152)
• New admissions: 258 📉 (-13)

• New serious cases: 18
• Total serious cases: 167

• New critical cases: 16
• Total critical cases: 178

• ICU: 41
• New deaths: 46 • New reported PCR+ cases: 846 📉 (-180)

• New reported RAT+ cases: 2898 📉 (-605)

• Imported: 99 (-25)

• New cases January 17: 3843 📉 (-810)

• Total cases: 2,840,213

• Total Deaths: 12,909

• Local Cases post-5th Wave: 1,549,657

• Post-5th Wave deaths: 3378

⚠️🇨🇳

NHC guidelines issued Dec 7th:

• Delineated high-risk areas shall not arbitrarily expanded to areas such as residential areas, communities, and streets

• PCR testing for high risk persons only

• Home isolation for asymptomatic cases

nhc.gov.cn/xcs/gzzcwj/202… NHC:

• 7 day home isolation

• 5 day home quarantine for close contacts

• High-risk areas with no new infections for 5 consecutive days must be unblocked in a timely manner

• Pharmacies around the country must operate normally and must not close down at will

COVID-19 cases 🇭🇰 December 6th, 2022

• New local cases: 9227 📈 (+384)

• Hospitalisations: 3081 📈 (+88)

• New admissions: 429 📈 (+18)

• New serious cases: 14
• Total serious cases: 86

• New critical cases: 14
• Total critical cases: 73

• ICU: 21

• New deaths: 16 Hospitalised COVID-19 cases surpasses 3k for the first time since the 5th wave.

COVID-19 cases 🇭🇰 December 5th, 2022

• New local cases: 8843 📈 (+13)

• Hospitalisations: 2993 📈 (+217)

• New admissions: 411 📈 (+84)

• New serious cases: 22
• Total serious cases: 82

• New critical cases: 13
• Total critical cases: 70

• ICU: 21

• New deaths: 20 • New reported PCR+ cases: 1977 📉 (-39)

• New reported RAT+ cases: 6866 📈 (+52)

• Imported: 665 (+8)

• New cases reported December 5: 9508 📈 (+21)

• Total cases: 2,167,484

• Total Deaths: 10,826

• Local Cases 6th Wave: 903,712

• 6th Wave deaths: 1295

COVID-19 cases 🇭🇰 December 4th, 2022

• New local cases: 8830 📉 (-784)

• Hospitalisations: 2776 📈 (+11)

• New admissions: 327 (+6)

• New serious cases: 9
• Total serious cases: 75

• New critical cases: 19
• Total critical cases: 65

• ICU: 20

• New deaths: 16 • New reported PCR+ cases: 2016 📈 (+99)

• New reported RAT+ cases: 6814 📉 (-883)

• Imported: 657 📈 (+160)

• New cases reported December 4: 9487 📉 (-624)

• Total cases: 2,157,976

• Total Deaths: 10,806

• Local Cases 6th Wave: 894,869

• 6th Wave deaths: 1275

COVID-19 cases 🇭🇰 November 5th, 2022

• New local cases: 4617 📈 (+457)

• Hospitalisations: 1895 📉 (-24)

• New admissions: 213 📉 (-18)

• New serious cases: 9
• Total serious cases: 52

• New critical cases: 5
• Total critical cases: 33

• ICU: 9

• New deaths: 18 • New reported PCR+ cases: 1213 📈 (+623)

• New reported RAT+ cases: 3404 📉 (-166)

• Imported: 494 📈 (+138)

• New cases reported November 5: 5111 📈 (+595)

• Total cases: 1,942,707

• Total Deaths: 10,457

• Local Cases 6th Wave: 695,267

• 6th Wave deaths: 926

COVID-19 cases 🇭🇰 November 4th, 2022

• New local cases: 4160 📉 (-669)

• Hospitalisations: 1919 📉 (-66)

• New admissions: 231 📈 (+39)

• New serious cases: 4
• Total serious cases: 42

• New critical cases: 10
• Total critical cases: 41

• ICU: 12

• New deaths: 11 • New reported PCR+ cases: 590 📉 (-458)

• New reported RAT+ cases: 3570 📉 (-211)

• Imported: 356 📉 (-60)

• New cases reported November 4: 4516 📉 (-729)

• Total cases: 1,937,596

• Total Deaths: 10,439

• Local Cases 6th Wave: 690,650

• 6th Wave deaths: 908

COVID-19 cases 🇭🇰 November 3rd, 2022

• New local cases: 4829 📈 (+550)

• Hospitalisations: 1985 📈 (+54)

• New admissions: 192 📉 (-15)

• New serious cases: 7
• Total serious cases: 41

• New critical cases: 8
• Total critical cases: 39

• ICU: 14

• New deaths: 10 • New reported PCR+ cases: 1048 📉 (-175)

• New reported RAT+ cases: 3781 📈 (+725)

• Imported: 416 📉 (-14)

• New cases reported November 3: 5245 📈 (+536)

• Total cases: 1,933,080

• Total Deaths: 10,428

• Local Cases 6th Wave: 686,490

• 6th Wave deaths: 897

Under Secretary for Health, Dr Libby Lee:

• last week announced some relaxations to social distancing measures

• will be monitoring over the next week

• local situation is optimistic

• vaccination will allow greatest ability to return to normality Dr Libby Lee:

• vaccination rate of the young and elderly still too low

• paediatric version of BioNTech started being offered yesterday for ages 5-11

• BNT version for 6 months to 5 years hopefully will arrive in Hong Kong tomorrow

Controller of the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health, Dr Edwin Tsui:

• local cases down 10.3% week-on-week

• imported cases up 5.3%

• concerned about local subvariant cases; 14 BQ.1.1 cases and eight XBD cases locally 75 school classes in 62 schools received a seven day face-to-face classes.

I have a friend returning to Hong Kong in the next few days who will be trying to replicate and execute the "Paul Chan Rule".

Similar timeframe post-infection to arrival.

Let's see how it works out for the commonfolk. Will keep you posted.🍿

https://twitter.com/tripperhead/status/1587830658444906496

Update 1: Pre-arrival tale of the tape.

Paul Chan: Covid+ October 27th, RAT- October 31st. Arrived November 1st.

The Eagle: Covid+ October 27th, RAT- from November 2nd, Arrival tbc.

Paul Chan: RAT+ result, RAT- result, recovery certificate.

The Eagle: 2x RAT- results only

🦅

COVID-19 cases 🇭🇰 October 31st, 2022

• New local cases: 4320 📉 (-412)

• Hospitalisations: 1987 📈 (+32)

• New admissions: 184 📉 (-13)

• New serious cases: 6
• Total serious cases: 38

• New critical cases: 4
• Total critical cases: 29

• ICU: 9

• New deaths: 12 • New reported PCR+ cases: 1152 📉 (-119)

• New reported RAT+ cases: 3168 📉 (-293)

• Imported: 446 📉 (-32)

• New cases reported October 31: 4766 📉 (-444)

• Total cases: 1,918,708

• Total Deaths: 10,397

• Local Cases 6th Wave: 673,401

• 6th Wave deaths: 866

Chair Professor of Epidemiology at HKU, @bencowling88, speaking on RTHK's Hong Kong Today:

• will make no difference removing travel restrictions

• travel measures only critical for places trying to achieve Covid Zero

• doesn't see a risk stopping on-arrival testing Chair Professor of Epidemiology at HKU, @bencowling88, speaking on RTHK's Hong Kong Today:

• not sure why children get grouped with elderly when govt talks about COVID risk

• severity in children very, very low

• some places don't even recommend Covid vaccines for children

COVID-19 cases 🇭🇰 October 30th, 2022

• New local cases: 4732 📉 (-279)

• Hospitalisations: 1955 📈 (+21)

• New admissions: 197 📉 (-20)

• New serious cases: 7

• Total serious cases: 41

• New critical cases: 4

• Total critical cases: 29

• ICU: 9

• New deaths: 12 • New reported PCR+ cases: 1271 📈 (+27)

• New reported RAT+ cases: 3461 📉 (-306)

• Imported: 478 📈 (+106)

• New cases reported October 30: 5210 📉 (-173)

• Total cases: 1,913,942

• Total Deaths: 10,385

• Local Cases 6th Wave: 669,081

• 6th Wave deaths: 854

COVID-19 cases 🇭🇰 October 29th, 2022

• New local cases: 5011 📉 (-255)

• Hospitalisations: 1934 📉 (-15)

• New admissions: 217 📉 (-23)

• New serious cases: 7
• Total serious cases: 39

• New critical cases: 3
• Total critical cases: 32

• ICU: 10

• New deaths: 8 • New reported PCR+ cases: 1244 📉 (-238)

• New reported RAT+ cases: 3767 📉 (-17)

• Imported: 372 📉 (-18)

• New cases reported October 29: 5383 📉 (-273)

• Total cases: 1,908,732

• Total Deaths: 10,373

• Local Cases 6th Wave: 664,349

• 6th Wave deaths: 842

COVID-19 cases 🇭🇰 October 6th, 2022

• New local cases: 3993 📈 (+675)

• Hospitalisations: 1669 📉 (-6)

• New admissions: 210 📈 (+28)

• New serious cases: 2
• Total serious cases: 17

• New critical cases: 5
• Total critical cases: 38

• ICU: 15

• New deaths: 6 • New reported PCR+ cases: 1075 📉 (-16)

• New reported RAT+ cases: 2918 📈 (+691)

• Imported: 325 (+1)

• New cases reported October 6: 4318 📈 (+676)

• Total cases: 1,787,655

• Total Deaths: 10,200

• Local Cases 6th Wave: 551,939

• 6th Wave deaths: 669

⚠️📱🏘️🧪

Expert Advisory Panel member Professor David Hui:

• LeaveHomeSafe and CTNs are no longer effective anti-epidemic measures

• Govt should scrap Amber Code for inbound if no rebound in coming days

• implement 0+0 ASAP

news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/compon… Hui: “The number of confirmed cases [in Hong Kong] in recent days is slowly falling. The number of deaths is small. The number of patients receiving intensive treatment is also very small...There absolutely are conditions for [the government] to relax social distancing measures.”

COVID-19 cases 🇭🇰 October 5th, 2022

• New local cases: 3318 📈 (+304)

• Hospitalisations: 1675 📈 (+24)

• New admissions: 182 📈 (+8)

• New serious cases: 4
• Total serious cases: 19

• New critical cases: 5
• Total critical cases: 36

• ICU: 13

• New deaths: 10 • New reported PCR+ cases: 1091 📈 (+213)

• New reported RAT+ cases: 2227 📈 (+91)

• Imported: 324 📈 (+52)

• New cases reported October 5: 3642 📈 (+356)

• Total cases: 1,783,337

• Total Deaths: 10,194

• Local Cases 6th Wave: 547,946

• 6th Wave deaths: 663