Coronavirus: Hong Kong records six new Covid-19 cases for second straight day, including one found by mass screening scheme
- One infection involving a 62-year-old man in Tuen Mun detected by citywide programme
- Two previously infected patients also test positive via the scheme, but officials believe it is because they still have a small amount of virus in their bodies
Two more positive Covid-19 cases – previously infected patients who were discharged at the end of August – were also identified through the programme. Health authorities believed they tested positive again because of a small amount of virus remaining in their bodies. The two cases would not be counted as new infections.
The daily count for the past two days has been the lowest since July 3, when the city recorded five infections.
The screening programme has identified a total of 19 new cases and six old ones so far.
“According to the world’s literature, we have some discharge criteria … if there’s a detection of antibodies which usually indicates a recovery,” Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan, head of the Centre for Health Protection’s communicable disease branch, told a daily press briefing on the coronavirus situation.