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| People are again warned to avoid going out, as 124 confirmed and suspected Covid-19 cases were reported today |
Hong
Kong may have recorded the biggest number of coronavirus cases today, Jul 18,
with 64 confirmed and 60 preliminary positive cases.
They
brought Hong Kong’s total confirmed cases to 1,778. Of today’s new cases, 60
were locally acquired.
The
figures nearly breached the record 67 new cases reported on Thursday, Jul 16,
of which 63 were community transmissions. But on that day, there were only 10
preliminary positive cases.
Also
today, a 94-year-old male patient died at about 10am at Queen Elizabeth
Hospital, becoming the 12th recorded fatality from the disease, and
the fourth in four days. The patient, who had underlying illnesses, had been critically
ill since Jul 13.
Dr
Chuang Shuk-kwan of the Centre for Health Protection said there appears to be
no end in sight for the spread of the infection, as 35 of the new cases are of
unknown origin.
“Judging
from the number of cases recorded these past few days, the trend is still going
up,” she said at today’s press briefing. “I appeal to members of the public to
please stay at home as far as possible and avoid gathering activities.”
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Of
the four imported cases, one was a Filipina domestic helper who flew in from
Manila aboard a Cathay Pacific flight. The three others are a pilot from
Kazakhstan, a returnee from Pakistan, and a seafarer from India.
There
was also a foreign domestic helper who tested positive along with a family
member, but the nationality of both was not disclosed.
Of
around 400 cases recorded since the third wave of infection occurred starting in
the first week of July, nearly half were reported in Tsz Wan Shan, where a
cluster of cases were found in an elderly home, a wet market, and several
restaurants.
According
to Chuang, between 150 and 160 cases were recorded in the district up until
yesterday.
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| A shuttered Bun Kee Congee & Noodle House: many of the first cases in Tsz Wan Shan were linked to it |
Today,
several more cases were linked to three restaurants in the area: Bun Kee Congee
& Noodle House, Windsor and Green River restaurants.
The
linked cases included two waitresses at Via Restaurant on Tung Choi street in
Mong Kok, two friends who played ping-pong at the Victory Table Tennis Sports
Centre in San Po Kong, along with another who tested positive earlier, and
three more staff of the Tuen Mun Eye Centre.
At
least 123 employees of the eye centre will undergo
virus tests, after several patients tested positive earlier. Of the 35 close
contacts of the infected patients, 30 tested negative while two were found
infected. Three more results are still pending.
A team of health experts visited the eye centre earlier today to
investigate and try to find out the source of infection.
Another cluster of cases involve four people who tested positive
after a gathering in the Pier Market at the Grand Tower in Mong Kok, where
about 80 people seated at about a dozen table had dinner and sang karaoke
together. One other guest at the gathering tested preliminary positive.
The untraceable cases include a
16-year-old girl who studies at True Light Girls’ College in Yau Ma Tei, a
42-year-old hawker in the same district, a 61-year-old male singer in Tsim Sha
Tsui, a 72-year-old male cleaner at the airport, a 50-year-old female shop
attendant at the Island Resort Mall in Siu Sai Wan, and a customs officer working
at the North Point Customs Headquarters, and his wife.
Dr
Lau Ka-hin, chief manager of the Hospital Authority, said also among the new cases
is a 76-year-old patient who tested positive while confined in the general ward
of Queen Elizabeth Hospital, along with three other people.
He
tested positive yesterday after a nasal swab, after testing negative during repeated
tests in the past few days.
Lau
said that 421 Covid-19 patients are confined in 14 hospitals. Of these, 13 are
in critical condition, 11 are in serious condition, and the rest are stable.
Ten
more patients were discharged today, for a total of 1,274 recoveries.
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