Hong Kong has recorded four severe cases of influenza resulting in three deaths over the past week, with health authorities also observing a slight increase in local Covid-19 activity.
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The Centre for Health Protection on Thursday released an update of influenza and coronavirus infections for the week from December 15 to 21.
The data revealed four adult influenza cases that required intensive care unit admission or resulted in death during the period, a decrease from the six cases reported the previous week that resulted in five deaths.
The centre also recorded an outbreak of Covid-19 infections in a care home for the elderly involving four people during the period, a rise from no cases in the prior week.
Two severe Covid-19 cases including deaths were recorded, compared with just one over the previous week.
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“The latest surveillance data showed that the overall local activity of Covid-19 has slightly increased but still remains at a low level,” it said, adding that the overall influenza activity also remained low.