Macau recorded 245 COVID-19 infections on Monday, an increase of 214.1 percent from the 78 infections reported on Sunday, the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre announced in a statement yesterday.
According to the statement, six new COVID-19 patients were admitted to the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre on Monday for treatment.
Consequently, a total of 166 new COVID-19 patients were admitted to treatment facilities between May 1 and June 12.
Macau’s current peak of COVID-19 infections started early last month.
Last month, there were only three days when Macau had no new COVID-19 patients admitted to treatment facilities.
Since the start of this month, Macau has still had new COVID-19 patients admitted to treatment facilities almost every day. More specifically, there has been only one day when no new COVID-19 patients were hospitalised since June 1, namely June 3.
Before a new COVID-19 fatality was recorded on Sunday, Macau had not recorded any COVID-19 fatalities for 11 days in a row, from May 31 to June 10.
Macau’s official COVID-19 death toll now stands at 123.
