Macau: First two Covid-19 deaths in over two years

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Macau recorded on Sunday the first two Covid-19 related deaths since the pandemic began over two years ago, health authorities said in a statement

Two women, aged 100 and 94, who were chronically ill, were diagnosed “as positive cases of Covid-19” without showing any symptoms, according to the statement from the New Coronavirus Contingency Coordination Centre.

On Saturday, Macau registered a further 90 cases of the disease, for a total of 784 infections, following the latest wave of Covid-19, which led the territory on 19 June to declare a state of immediate prevention, bringing forward the end of the school year and suspending all or part of services and businesses.

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Since the outbreak began, Macau residents have been required to take rapid tests at home and have undergone three general tests.