(photo: the new coronavirus treatment center of the Asian Museum was restarted yesterday evening, providing 200 beds.) For five consecutive days in Hong Kong, more than 6000 cases were confirmed in a single day! Yesterday, there were 6617 new confirmed cases, including 6380 local cases, which hit a new one-day high recently. The hospital authority reported that five more patients had died. In addition, the Asian Museum reopened last evening, initially providing 200 beds. According to the ha, if the epidemic situation becomes more severe, it will enter the third stage of hospital bed and manpower deployment. Ou Jiarong, chief physician of the infectious diseases division of the center for health protection, described the development of the epidemic as worrying. He pointed out that compared with the previous increase from mid July to early August, the rate of increase in the number of confirmed cases in the past week was accelerated, or it was related to the accelerated spread of the ba.5 variant in the community. BA. 5 has strong communication power. Yesterday's data showed that 34.1% of the cases suspected to be ba. 5 were recorded. It is expected that the proportion will rise to more than half in a few weeks. The new coronavirus treatment center of the Asian Museum was restarted yesterday evening. It is expected to provide 200 beds to receive coronavirus patients. About 100 medical and nursing personnel will be initially mobilized to receive three types of patients, including the confirmed elderly who have no family care in the community, the patients with complicated conditions in the isolation facilities in the Penny's Bay community, and the patients in stable conditions in the public hospital. When necessary, the number of beds can be increased to 500. Li Liye, general executive manager of the hospital authority, announced that 297 more confirmed patients were hospitalized yesterday, and a total of 2100 patients have been hospitalized. He said that since the beginning of this month, the number of patients requiring oxygen respirators has gradually increased, which has put pressure on public hospitals. As of the 21st, 135 children under the age of 11 have been hospitalized. Therefore, Yabo was restarted to relieve the pressure on beds in public hospitals. He also said that if the situation became more serious, the third phase of the hospital bed and manpower deployment arrangement would be launched to increase the number of hospital beds to 5000, and it was inevitable that more non emergency services would be suspended. In addition, an 85 year old patient in the internal medicine male ward of Prince of Wales Hospital was diagnosed with 2019 coronavirus disease by admission screening on August 19. The hospital conducted contact follow-up investigation and found that three more patients aged between 62 and 87 and four employees were diagnosed. Four patients are undergoing isolation treatment and are in stable condition. The four employees are also in stable condition. The hospital is investigating the connection between the above cases and the wards concerned have suspended the admission of new patients and the visiting arrangements. In terms of residential care institutions, there were 13 more cases yesterday, including seven homes for the elderly and six homes for the disabled, involving 21 residents and two staff members. A total of 100 residents have to be sent to the Asia Expo for quarantine. Ou Jiarong said that the elderly in the residential care homes seldom participate in community activities, and the outbreak is mostly caused by employees. Under the fifth wave of the epidemic, the mortality rate of the elderly over 80 years old is as high as 15%, and even if they have been vaccinated for three times, the mortality rate is as high as 1%. He called on the staff of the residential care homes to conduct regular nucleic acid tests. (news agency)