138 Pneumonia Patients Discharged from Hospitals in HK

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138 Pneumonia Patients Discharged from Hospitals in HK

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A total of 138 patients have recovered from atypical pneumonia and discharged from Hong Kong public hospitals so far, according to the Department of Health and the Hospital Authority of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Tuesday.

Of them, eight were discharged Tuesday.

Meanwhile, an additional 45 patients with symptoms of atypical pneumonia were admitted to public hospitals, bringing the total number of patients to 928.

They include 18 health care workers and five patients from the Amoy Gardens, a residential complex.

Most of the patients currently in hospital are showing positiveresponses to the new treatment protocol.

Two male patients all with a history of chronic disease died inhospitals Monday night, bring to 25 the total number of deaths relating to atypical pneumonia. The two patients, aged 81 and 74, died in Prince of Wales Hospital and Princess Margaret Hospital respectively.

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