Hong Kong reports 13 new Covid-19 cases, reaches grim milestone of 100 deaths
- Five of the nine locally transmitted cases were without a known source of infection
- Figures come as city relaxes social-distancing measures, with downwards trend in infections
Five of the nine locally transmitted cases were without a known source of infection. The other four were imported, involving arrivals from the Philippines, India and Russia. The city’s official tally has now reached 4,938 infections.
Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan, head of the communicable disease branch of the Centre for Health Protection, said the number of cases with an unknown source of infection accounted for about 30 to 40 per cent of the daily infection figures, which showed hidden transmission in the community still existed.
“When social-distancing measures are relaxed, we should be particularly careful as we have activities, because these may lead to a spread any time and the number of daily cases may go up again,” she told a daily press briefing on the Covid-19 situation.
One of the cases of unknown origin was a retired man who lived with six family members at Yau Lai Estate in Yau Tong. Three tested positive after health authorities found them through contact tracing. One worked in Tsuen Wan, one at a Chinese restaurant in Taikoo Shing and the other in Laguna City in Lam Tin.