The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:

     As at 9am today (February 7), 116 patients who had tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus were discharged from hospital in the last 24 hours. Nine patients (case numbers: 14592, 14729, 14733, 14830, 14969, 15040, 15041, 15042 and 15049) were wrongly counted as discharged yesterday. So far, a total of 13 232 patients have been discharged.
 
     A total of 1 668 patients who had tested positive are currently hospitalised in the North Lantau Hospital Hong Kong Infection Control Centre, the Hospital Authority (HA) Infectious Disease Centre, the Community Treatment Facility at AsiaWorld-Expo and 14 public hospitals, including two critical patients and one serious patient. The remainder are in stable condition.
 
     The HA will maintain close contact with the Centre for Health Protection to monitor the latest developments and to inform the public and healthcare workers on the latest information in a timely manner.
 
     The case numbers of the discharged and critical patients are as follows:
 

Discharged	12897, 13039, 13072, 13082, 13108, 13109, 13113, 13114, 13115, 13133, 13143, 13156, 13157, 13167, 13168, 13169, 13191, 13198, 13200, 13205, 13207, 13229, 13233, 13245, 13287, 13293, 13294, 13296, 13297, 13302, 13305, 13312, 13315, 13320, 13324, 13328, 13336, 13356, 13383, 13384, 13387, 13406, 13407, 13409, 13412, 13414, 13415, 13419, 13424, 13427, 13434, 13451, 13452, 13458, 13464, 13491, 13494, 13508, 13517, 13522, 13523, 13524, 13527, 13543, 13550, 13558, 13560, 13567, 13572, 13588, 13606, 13607, 13614, 13627, 13629, 13641, 13662, 13680, 13683, 13696, 13700, 13701, 13702, 13703, 13707, 13729, 13736, 13740, 13748, 13751, 13753, 13773, 13777, 13815, 13821, 13824, 13847, 13873, 13886, 13887, 13889, 13901, 13903, 13911, 13939, 13948, 13958, 13990, 14005, 14011, 14016, 14019, 14033, 14079, 14107, 15071
Serious	15118
Critical	13400, 14814

Ends/Monday, February 7, 2022
Issued at HKT 20:36

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