An 87-year-old unvaccinated woman suffering from underlying diseases died of the novel coronavirus disease on Sunday, which came after no COVID-19 fatalities had been recorded in Macau for 11 consecutive days.
The fatality recorded on Sunday, which raised Macau’s official COVID-19 death toll to 123, was announced in a statement by the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre yesterday.
Yesterday’s statement also announced that Macau recorded 78 COVID-19 infections on Sunday, a drop of eight from the 86 infections reported on Saturday.
According to yesterday’s statement, one new COVID-19 patient was admitted to the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre on Sunday for treatment.
Consequently, a total of 160 new COVID-19 patients were admitted to treatment facilities between May 1 and June 11.
Macau’s current peak of COVID-19 infections started early last month.
Nonetheless, an analysis of official data over recent weeks indicate that the COVID-19 peak has started easing.
Before the new fatality, i.e., Macau’s 123rd official COVID-19 death, was recorded on Sunday, the city had not recorded any COVID-19 fatalities for 11 days in a row, from May 31 to June 10.
Before the previous COVID-19 fatality was recorded on May 30, Macau had not recorded any COVID-19 fatalities for 116 consecutive days, from February 3 to May 29.
The Macau government has been urging those who have already received their COVID-19 booster jabs, but none of them a BioNTech mRNA bivalent jab, to have such as a shot as an extra booster jab.
