Public hospitals daily update on COVID-19 cases
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The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:

     As at 9am today (August 1), 107 COVID-19 confirmed patients (case numbers: 1291, 1314, 1347, 1428, 1432, 1443, 1469, 1497, 1556, 1560, 1565, 1598, 1626, 1647, 1659, 1689, 1691, 1694, 1706, 1709, 1716, 1737, 1740, 1741, 1743, 1752, 1757, 1760, 1763, 1764, 1766, 1768, 1782, 1793, 1814, 1828, 1844, 1849, 1864, 1874, 1883, 1902, 1903, 1930, 1934, 1935, 1944, 1948, 1958, 1963, 1966, 1975, 1976, 1983, 1988, 2000, 2003, 2011, 2036, 2047, 2060, 2066, 2084, 2132, 2149, 2155, 2173, 2176, 2189, 2194, 2212, 2224, 2227, 2266, 2280, 2285, 2286, 2320, 2328, 2359, 2395, 2407, 2419, 2436, 2441, 2445, 2451, 2490, 2491, 2507, 2511, 2523, 2528, 2619, 2622, 2631, 2658, 2659, 2711, 2736, 2771, 2783, 2784, 2809, 2856, 2877 and 3013) were discharged from hospital.  So far a total of 1 858 patients with confirmed or probable infection have been discharged.
 
     At present, there are 656 negative pressure rooms in public hospitals with 1 236 negative pressure beds activated. A total of 1 179 confirmed patients are currently hospitalised in 17 public hospitals and a community isolation facility, among which 34 patients are in critical condition (case numbers: 595, 1346, 1401, 1424, 1470, 1491, 1612, 1650, 1679, 1718, 1767, 1777, 1779, 1806, 1835, 1940, 1955, 1989, 2048, 2075, 2086, 2115, 2133, 2161, 2172, 2269, 2282, 2408, 2479, 2484, 2703, 2942, 3153 and 3170), 44 are in serious condition (case numbers: 1315, 1498, 1573, 1795, 1805, 1843, 1952, 1956, 1968, 1998, 2033, 2038, 2078, 2079, 2143, 2148, 2246, 2288, 2315, 2316, 2334, 2358, 2362, 2396, 2412, 2422, 2452, 2458, 2522, 2560, 2576, 2591, 2595, 2650, 2746, 2769, 2789, 2792, 2894, 2901, 2940, 2941, 2951 and 3025) and the remaining 1 101 patients are in stable condition.
     
     The HA will maintain close contact with the Centre for Health Protection to monitor the latest developments and to inform the public and healthcare workers on the latest information in a timely manner.
 

Ends/Saturday, August 1, 2020
Issued at HKT 20:38

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