TOPLINE
- 9,508 new cases [2,556 cases by nucleic acid tests (579 imported + 1,977 locally acquired); 6,952 cases by rapid antigen tests (86 imported + 6,866 locally acquired)]
- As at Dec 5, 282, 818, 3,049 and 8,025 received their first, second, third and fourth dose of vaccine respectively; a cumulative total of 20,039,793 doses have been administered
- new cases tested positive by nucleic acid tests: 2,556 (579 imported + 1,977 locally acquired)
- total cases tested positive by nucleic acid tests: 1,065,656
- new cases tested positive by rapid antigen tests: 6,952 (86 imported + 6,866 locally acquired)
- total cases tested positive by rapid antigen tests: 1,101,828
- deaths: 10,826 [during the fifth wave (since December 31, 2021): 10,613]
14-day rolling sitrep of new cases (most recent figure first, in bracket: “local cases / imported cases”)
- 9,508 ( 8,843 / 665 ); 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 )
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 5:
* 282 persons received their first dose of vaccine; a cumulative total of
6,901,906 persons have received their first vaccine dose, making up 94.5% of the population aged 3 or above
* 818 persons received their second dose of vaccine; a cumulative total of 6,773,047 persons have received their second vaccine dose, making up 92.9% of the population aged 3 or above
* 3,049 persons received their third dose of vaccine; a cumulative total of 5,745,084 persons have received their third vaccine dose, making up 82.6% of the population aged 12 or above
* 8,025 persons received their fourth dose of vaccine; a cumulative total of 619,756 persons have received their fourth vaccine dose
- a total of 20,039,793 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered for members of the public