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Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said on Saturday afternoon that the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Hong Kong has risen to 140, while another case has been preliminarily tested positive for the virus and is expected to be confirmed later on Saturday.
The CHP reported at a daily press briefing three additional cases confirmed on Saturday, including a 39-year-old female who has been to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates and Madrid, Spain during the incubation period, and a 28-year-old female who traveled to London, Britain on Jan. 23 and returned to Hong Kong on March 11.
The third additional cases involves a 59-year-old male living in the same building with a couple who were members of a tour group to Egypt and were diagnosed with COVID-19 earlier this week.
The inter-departmental response team of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government has been informed of the case and will inspect the building to identify the possible route of transmission, Head of the CHP's Communicable Disease Branch Chuang Shuk-kwan said at the briefing.
Apart from the three confirmed cases, a 59-year-old man has been preliminarily tested positive for the COVID-19 virus and is expected to be diagnosed on Saturday night. The man is a relative of a 54-year-old female who was diagnosed on Friday. Both of them traveled to Morocco during the incubation period.
Chief Manager for Quality and Standards of Hong Kong's Hospital Authority Lau Ka-hin announced at the briefing three more cured cases that were discharged from hospital on Saturday.
So far, 80 COVID-19 patients and one probable case have left hospital after recovery, while 54 patients are being treated in isolation in 10 hospitals, all in stable condition, and two are being arranged for hospitalization, according to Lau.
