COVID-19 Cases, Deaths and Hospital Bed Occupancy in Hong Kong at Start of New Year

COVID-19 Cases, Deaths and Hospital Bed Occupancy in Hong Kong at Start of New Year
A trolley carrying Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 coronavirus vaccines is transported to a warehouse after being unloaded from a Cathay Pacific cargo plane at Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong on Feb. 27, 2021. JEROME FAVRE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
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In the recent COVID-19 escalation in Hong Kong, the daily cases increased throughout December and peaked at 24,895 on Dec. 28, 2022, and in the first week of the new year, although cases were falling, they were still running at a 7-day average of 20,500 on Jan. 6.

Center for Health Protection Report

On Jan. 6, The Center for Health Protection announced that 19,722 new confirmed cases were recorded in Hong Kong, including 19,527 local cases and 195 imported cases.

A further 55 patients passed away, bringing the total number of deaths during the fifth wave of the pandemic in Hong Kong to 11,991.