Covid-19 activity in Hong Kong is starting to show signs of decline from a recent peak, but levels are expected to remain high for the next month or two.
The Centre for Health Protection on Thursday also urged high-risk groups to receive booster vaccinations to reduce the chances of serious complications or even death.
According to the centre, the latest data as of May 24 shows that both the viral load of Covid from sewage surveillance and the test positivity rate of respiratory samples have begun to decline in the past week.
The rate of positive tests fell from 13.8 per cent in the week beginning on May 11 to 11.12 per cent in the following week.
As for sewage surveillance, the per capita Covid viral load decreased from 770,000 to 500,000 copies per litre over the same period.
“Besides, the consultation rate of Covid-19 cases at general outpatient clinics and sentinel private medical practitioner clinics also dropped,” a spokesman for the centre added.
Dr Edwin Tsui Lok-kin, controller of the centre, explained that the virus had transitioned into an endemic disease with cyclical patterns.
