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| The community-wide testing has uncovered 15 infections so far, including today's 5 |
A 33-year-old Filipina domestic helper who arrived from Manila on Friday was among six imported cases out of 21
newly confirmed coronavirus patients today, Sept 6, in Hong
Kong , according to health officials.
Five of the new cases were detected through the universal
community testing, including a 42-year-old Indonesian domestic helper who was
found infected along with her employers, a 92-year-old man and his 89-year-old
wife.
The three who live in Victoria Towers in Tsim Sha Tsui went to the Castle Peak Road
The helper reportedly developed symptoms such as a sore
throat on Aug 22 while her employers had symptoms on Aug 29. The couple went to
a private doctor who treated them for several days, Chuang said.
The doctor and the patients at the clinic visited by the
patients will be quarantined and put under medical surveillance.
The two other cases uncovered through the mass testing are a
60-year-old housewife who lives in Tung Chung and a 59-year-old man who lives
in Ngau Chi Wan and used to work at Jinlin Palace Restaurant in Wan Chai which
has been closed.
Chuang said officials would continue to monitor the number
of cases daily to see whether there was an upward trend. Yesterday, only seven
cases were recorded, and 12 the day before.
“We have 21 cases today and five are a result of the universal community testing, which explains a bit but not all the cases,” she said. “We will have to observe day by day to see if there is an increasing trend or not.”
Apart from the Filipina DH, the five other imported cases
were two airline crew from the United States
and Russia , and returnees
from Spain , India and Pakistan
The Pakistani returnee was the pregnant woman aged 25 who
tested preliminary positive during her ante-natal check-up at Tuen Mun Hospital
Chuang said five other local cases were linked while seven
others had unknown sources.
Fewer than 10 people tested preliminarily positive.
Chuang said all inmates at detention facilities will be
tested after two detainees tested positive today.
The first was a 54-year-old detainee at Lai Chi Kok
Detention Centre who was previously confined at Siu Lam Psychiatric Centre and
tested preliminary positive yesterday.
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| More than 7,000 inmates will be tested after the second detainee tested positive at Castle Peak |
The second was a detainee who had just completed his
sentence in Pik Uk Prison and was taken to the Castle Peak Immigration
Detention Centre where he was tested and found infected on Sept 5.
The inmate served his sentence in Pik Uk Prison from Aug 22
to Sept 5 after being held at Lai Chi Kok reception center. Chuang said all his
close contacts at Pik Uk
“In view of two cases…we are arranging with the Security
Bureau to conduct a one-off testing for all persons in custody which will
involve more than 7,000 people,” Chuang said.
The new cases brought to 4,879 the total number of people
infected with Covid-19 since the outbreak in Hong Kong
began in late January .
A 69-year-old female Covid-19 patient who was being treated
in isolation at Kwong Wah Hospital
in Yaumatei passed away Saturday night and an 82-year-old male patient died
tonight at Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Hospital Authority chief manager Dr Linda Yu said 18
patients have recovered and were discharged over the past 24 hours, bringing
the total number of recoveries to 4,510.
As of 9 am today, 223 confirmed patients are still being treated in 19 public
hospitals and the community treatment facility
in AsiaWorld-Expo, among which 21 are in critical condition, 14 are in
serious condition and the remaining 188 patients are in stable condition.
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