Coronavirus: Hong Kong authorities dedicate 7 clinics to patients as crowds swarm hospitals, while 3-year-old girl dies
- Government to move patients into public housing blocks and hotels in bid to ease strain on hospitals
- Health officials report more than 1,600 new infections and 5,400 suspected cases
A three-year-old girl, who had no underlying medical issues, died on Tuesday night after being admitted to hospital on Saturday, becoming the city’s youngest Covid-related fatality.
A 100-year-old chronically ill woman also died, becoming the oldest pandemic-related fatality, and taking the total number of coroanvirus-related deaths to 227.
Health officials reported more than 1,600 infections and 5,400 suspected cases on Tuesday, while reiterating that the daily numbers no longer reflected the real situation because of a backlog of test samples.
They said they would speed up the process by no longer requiring test results from the Hospital Authority to be further confirmed by the health department’s laboratory.
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