Hong Kong reports 25 more confirmed COVID-19 cases

Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection (CHP) reported on Wednesday 25 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number to 960.

The new cases involved 11 men and 14 women aged between two months and 71, 15 of whom had travel history during the incubation period, Head of the CHP's Communicable Disease Branch Chuang Shuk-kwan said at a daily press briefing on Wednesday afternoon.

Of those suspected of becoming infected locally, four were related to a clustered outbreak of British retailer Marks Spencer, Chuang said, adding that 17 staff members of the department store need to be sent to quarantine centers.

According to Hong Kong's Hospital Authority, a total of 264 patients have been discharged from hospitals upon recovery, while 667 patients remain in the hospital for treatment, with 14 in critical condition.