Indicators of Covid-19 activity in Hong Kong over the past four weeks have hit their highest level in a year, with 30 deaths recorded, despite an expert saying the overall impact of the virus had become milder.
According to the Centre for Health Protection, the proportion of respiratory samples testing positive had increased to 13.7 per cent from 6.2 per cent four weeks prior in early April, marking a new high in a year.
Simultaneously, positive samples from sewage tests and patients at clinics and public hospitals were also increasing.
“With reference to the past data, we expected Covid activities will maintain at a relatively high level at least in the next few weeks,” the centre’s controller Edwin Tsui Lok-kin said.
A total of 30 deaths have been recorded over the past four weeks among the 81 severe adult cases.
The centre’s epidemiological investigation found that 83 per cent of the severe cases were aged 65 or older, with more than 90 per cent having pre-existing health conditions.
