Hong Kong third wave: two deaths recorded on the same day for the first time as strict new rules take effect
- City’s 10th fatality was an 89-year-old man with chronic illnesses who had been admitted to United Christian Hospital
- Earlier, a 90-year-old resident from coronavirus-hit Kong Tai Care for the Aged Centre Limited in Tsz Wan Shan died
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Hong Kong battles third wave of coronavirus infections
The city’s 10th fatality was an 89-year-old man with chronic illnesses who had been admitted to United Christian Hospital with pneumonia on Saturday but his condition worsened and he died on Wednesday night, a hospital spokesman said.
The Ngau Chi Wan resident was married to a 73-year-old woman who was also infected.
In the afternoon, a 90-year-old woman who had been admitted to Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital last Thursday died. She also had chronic illnesses including heart disease and diabetes, according to the authorities.
She was a resident of Kong Tai Care for the Aged Centre Limited in Tsz Wan Shan, where there have been clusters of infections.
She was also the second fatality from the care facility after a 95-year-old woman suffering from Covid-19 died on Monday.