Coronavirus: Hong Kong confirms record 1,325 cases, while 4-year-old boy who died among suspected infections
- Boy dies after passing out at his home in Yuen Long and is being treated as a preliminary-positive case, hospital says
- Confirming an earlier Post report, Hospital Authority chief manager says officials are identifying hotels to isolate patients with mild symptoms
Authorities were also following a suspected case involving a four-year-old boy who died after he vomited and passed out at his home in Yuen Long soon after 3am on Friday. Pok Oi Hospital, where the boy was certified dead, said he tested preliminary-positive for Covid-19 and the case would be passed to the Coroner’s Court. A police source said the boy had a fever on Wednesday and was given medication for it.
Two coronavirus-related deaths were also reported, an 88-year-old woman and an 86-year-old man, pushing the city’s overall toll to 218 fatalities.
Two elderly unvaccinated patients – aged 84 and 97 – were critically ill, while 11 people were in a serious condition, with more than half of them not inoculated.
The latest confirmed cases, just two of which were imported, pushed the overall infection tally since the start of the pandemic to 20,119.
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Dr Larry Lee Lap-yip, a chief manager of the Hospital Authority, said it was “very concerned” about the latest outbreaks in hospitals. He said the authority would arrange rapid antigen tests for all staff “step by step”.