17 Jul 2009
A spokesman for the Department of Health said there had been 88 newly confirmed cases of human swine influenza (Influenza A H1N1) in the 24 hours to 2.30pm today (July 17).
The new cases involve 43 males and 45 females, aged between 5 and 64.
This brings to 1,640 the total number of human swine influenza (HSI) cases in Hong Kong.
The 88 cases included six people from a residential workshop for the physically and mentally disabled in Eastern District.
Among them, four are workshop attendees while another two are a resident and a staff member of a residential workshop for the physically and mentally disabled in Eastern District.
They comprise three men and three women aged between 22 and 46. They are in stable condition and did not require hospitalisation.
The workshop was earlier (July 15) reported to have a respiratory tract infection outbreak with a confirmed case of HSI affecting a 22-year-old male resident. He is still in Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital in a stable condition.