The morgues in the Hong Kong are at the limit of their capabilities as it is recorded record deaths due to complications of COVID-19as announced today by the Hospital Service, with the officials struggling to control the increase of cases.
The World Financial Center announced today that it has recorded a record number of 34,466 new cases in 24 hours and 87 deathsas announced by the health authorities.
The Hospital Service said that the number of patients who die due to COVID-19 or from serious complications associated with low temperatures have risen sharply in the last two weeks, putting enormous pressure on forensic services in public hospitals.
«The morgues of the hospitals have reached their maximum capacity“, The service told Reuters.
Dozens of corpses remain in accident and emergency wards in hospitals as they can not yet be transported to morguessaid Tony Ling, head of the city’s Association of Public Hospitals.
Since the pandemic began in 2020, more than 600 coronavirus-related deaths have been reported in Hong Kong, fewer than other metropolises of similar size. However, according to the Athenian-Macedonian News Agency, the death toll is rising daily, with about 400 deaths recorded last week, most of them involving unvaccinated patients.
The city has recorded a total of over 190,000 cases, with about 180,000 of them since the beginning of February due to the highly contagious strain Ομικρον.
Source: News Beast
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