HK logs 37 new virus cases, 20 test preliminarily positive By Wang Zhan | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-02-06 00:04 Share CLOSE People wearing face masks cross a street in Hong Kong, Feb 4, 2021. [LO PING FAI / XINHUA]
Hong Kong reported a slight rebound in new COVID-19 infections, logging 37 cases on Friday, bringing the city s overall tally to 10,589.
The new infections included three imported cases – from Russia, Pakistan and Ghana – and 34 locally transmitted ones, Chuang Shuk-kwan, head of the Centre for Health Protection s communicable disease branch, said at a briefing.
The financial hub saw only around 20 new cases over the past three days.
There were more than 20 people who tested preliminarily positive for the coronavirus, Chuang added.