Hong Kong logs 3 deaths from 4 severe flu cases, low Covid activity uptick
The Centre for Health Protection also reveals Covid outbreak at care home for elderly involving four people from December 15 to 21
Hong Kong has recorded four severe cases of influenza resulting in three deaths over the past week, with health authorities also observing a slight increase in local Covid-19 activity.
The Centre for Health Protection on Thursday gave an update on the number of influenza and coronavirus infections for the week spanning December 15 to 21.
The data revealed four adult influenza cases had required intensive care unit admission or resulted in death during that period, a drop from the six cases, including five deaths, reported the previous week.
The centre also recorded an outbreak of Covid-19 infections in a care home for the elderly involving four people from December 15 to 21. No cases at similar institutions or schools were logged in the prior week.
Two severe Covid-19 cases including deaths were recorded, compared with just one over the previous week.
“The latest surveillance data showed that the overall local activity of Covid-19 has slightly increased but still remains at a low level,” it said, adding that the overall level of influenza activity also remained low.
