Macau recorded 159 COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, 43 down from the 202 infections reported on Monday, the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre announced in a statement yesterday.
According to the statement, five new COVID-19 patients were admitted to the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre on Tuesday for treatment.
Consequently, a total of 189 new COVID-19 patients were admitted to treatment facilities between May 1 and June 20.
The local government has underlined that Macau’s current peak of COVID-19 infections, which started early last month, is now easing.
Before the latest COVID-19 fatality was recorded on Sunday, Macau had not recorded any COVID-19 fatalities for six days in a row, from June 12 to 17.
Macau’s official COVID-19 death toll now stands at 124.
More and more people have gradually chosen not to wear a facemask on public buses since late April when the local government further eased its facemask-wearing guidelines according to which public bus and Light Rail Transit (LRT) passengers are now only recommended to wear a facemask.
