Hong Kong reports 215 new COVID-19 cases, 9,352 in total

On July 24, 2022, a water fountain in Tung Chung provides residents with a welcome relief from the heat. Chuang Shuk-kwan, head of the Centre for Health Protection's communicable disease branch, said at a news conference that the new cases comprised 215 imported cases and 4,764 local infections.

She said that the city's death brought the city's death toll to 9,352 during the fifth wave. Sunday's caseload was lower than the 5,308 infections recorded on Saturday.

Chuang said that of the 215 imported cases, 31 came from India and the United Kingdom, 15 from the United States, 13 from Thailand, 12 from Pakistan, and 12 from Singapore and the Philippines. The rest were from 44 other countries.

As of Aug 11 there were 23.1 percent of new cases with the Omicron subvariant BA, according to preliminary data. Chuang said that BA 2.12 was the subject of a discussion. 7.3 percent of new cases were caused by 1.

Five residential care homes reported new infections, according to Chuang.

In the same briefing, Gladys Kwan, Chief Manager Clinical Effectiveness and Technology Management of the Hospital Authority, said that the elderly patients who died included two men and five women aged 80 to 89.

One had three vaccine jabs while the other two had no vaccination records. They also suffered from chronic diseases like hypertension diabetes and kidney disease.

The 89 year-old woman who had three jabs was found unconscious at home and had not vital signs when she was brought to the hospital. Her case was referred to the Coroner's Court, Kwan said.

She said 1,690 patients were being treated in public hospitals as of Sunday, including 31 in critical condition.