Hong Kong fourth wave: Kwai Chung residents, quarantine staff and Yata workforce among 100 new Covid-19 cases
- Kwai Shing West Estate outbreak expands to 18 cases and is now spread out across five floors
- Several new cases also tied to Sha Tin department store and AsiaWorld-Expo quarantine facility
The worsening outbreaks came as the city confirmed 100 new cases on Tuesday, entering triple digits for the first time this week and after doing so on four days last week. Of the latest cases, 27 were untraceable and five imported, while about 70 people tested preliminary-positive.
Hong Kong’s overall Covid-19 tally stands at 7,075, with 112 related deaths.
Five more residents from Block 8 of Kwai Shing West Estate in Kwai Chung were confirmed infected, taking the size of the cluster to 18, according to Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan, head of the Centre for Health Protection’s communicable disease branch. Some 98 residents were sent into mandatory quarantine the night before.
The outbreak was initially centred on the fifth floor and involved eight homes but has now spread to the fourth, seventh, eighth and 13th floors. Authorities earlier suspected environmental contamination was a possible route of transmission.