TOPLINE
- 9,487 new cases [2,560 cases by nucleic acid tests (544 imported + 2,016 locally acquired); 6,927 cases by rapid antigen tests (113 imported + 6,814 locally acquired)]
- As at Dec 4, 254, 717, 1,748 and 4,675 received their first, second, third and fourth dose of vaccine respectively; a cumulative total of 20,027,617 doses have been administered
- new cases tested positive by nucleic acid tests: 2,560 (544 imported + 2,016 locally acquired)
- total cases tested positive by nucleic acid tests: 1,063,100
- new cases tested positive by rapid antigen tests: 6,927 (113 imported + 6,814 locally acquired)
- total cases tested positive by rapid antigen tests: 1,094,876
- deaths: 10,806 [during the fifth wave (since December 31, 2021): 10,593]
14-day rolling sitrep of new cases (most recent figure first, in bracket: “local cases / imported cases”)
- 9,487 ( 8,830 / 657 ); 10,111 ( 9,614 / 497 ); 9,996 ( 9,359 / 637 ); 10,137 ( 9,531 / 606 ); 8,810 ( 8,153 / 657 ); 7,547 ( 6,957 / 590 ); 7,793 ( 7,188 / 605 ); 8,033 ( 7,530 / 503 ); 8,874 ( 8,365 / 509 ); 8,878 ( 8,316 / 562 ); 9,219 ( 8,500 / 719 ); 7,985 ( 7,374 / 611 ); 7,139 ( 6,505 / 634 ); 7,286 ( 6,672 / 614 )
Provisional analysis of the first 10,531 reported death cases in the 5th wave:
- Vaccination history
- Received 4 doses (reached 14 days): 0.41%
- Received 3 doses (reached 14 days): 5%
- Received 2 doses (reached 14 days): 13%
- Received 1 dose (reached 14 days): 15%
- Unvaccinated: 67%
- Over 95% fatal cases were elderly aged 60 years or above; 51% were residential care home residents; 91% were with known chronic diseases
- Receiving 3 doses of any vaccines greatly reduces death risk especially in the older age group
- As at Dec 4:
* 254 persons received their first dose of vaccine; a cumulative total of 6,901,624 persons have received their first vaccine dose, making up 94.5% of the population aged 3 or above
* 717 persons received their second dose of vaccine; a cumulative total of 6,772,229 persons have received their second vaccine dose, making up 92.9% of the population aged 3 or above
* 1,748 persons received their third dose of vaccine; a cumulative total of 5,742,034 persons have received their third vaccine dose, making up 82.5% of the population aged 12 or above
* 4,675 persons received their fourth dose of vaccine; a cumulative total of 611,730 persons have received their fourth vaccine dose
- a total of 20,027,617 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered for members of the public