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Hong Kong reported five new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Monday, taking the total to 79, the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government said.
At a daily press briefing, the CHP introduced the new cases, including two female patients, 58 and 59 respectively, returning to Hong Kong from the Diamond Princess cruise ship quarantined in Japan.
Head of the CHP's Communicable Disease Branch Chuang Shuk-kwan said three of the passengers from the ship have been diagnosed with pneumonia caused by COVID-19 and two have been preliminarily tested positive.
Altogether 12 of more than 200 passengers from the ship were in hospital and the rest were in quarantine.
Another two cases involved two women aged 57 and 68, who both went to a Buddhist worship hall in North Point, Hong Kong Island. Up to now, there have been six elder female victims who once went to that worship place.
The other case involved a 35-year-old businessman who once drove to Shenzhen in early February.
Among the 79 confirmed cases of COVID-19, two patients have passed away, 19 have been cured and discharged from hospitals, while the others remain hospitalized.
