Macau recorded 696 COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, a decrease of six from the 702 infections reported on Tuesday, the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre announced in a statement yesterday.
According to the statement, three of the 696 COVID-19 carriers were admitted to the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre for treatment.
Consequently, a total of 107 new COVID-19 patients were admitted to treatment facilities between May 1 and May 24.
Meanwhile, the Health Bureau’s (SSM) COVID-19 website from yesterday stopped reporting Macau’s cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases.
Macau confirmed its first COVID-19 case on January 22, 2020.
The government decided to announce again the daily number of new COVID-19 infections in the city from last week, in the wake of the fact that COVID-19 infections have been on the rise since early this month.
The Macau government has warned that the city is currently being affected by a new peak of COVID-19 infections.
Macau has not recorded any COVID-19 fatalities for 111 days in a row, from February 3 to May 24. Consequently, Macau’s official COVID-19 death toll has remained unchanged at 121.
