- Among them, 10 had recent travel history, including two returning students
- Restaurant group Cafe de Coral announces that its outlets will resume evening dine-in services from Friday 6.30pm
Hong Kong recorded 13 more Covid-19 cases on Thursday, the lowest daily count in three weeks for the city, bringing its tally to 973.
Speaking at the daily press conference, Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan, head of the Centre for Health Protection's communicable diseases branch, said the new cases included a man, 37, whose baby was found to have contracted the coronavirus last week. The infant was 40 days old at the time.
The figures for one day cannot represent the overall trendDr Chuang Shuk-kwan, Centre for Health Protection
Chuang said more time would be needed to determine if Hong Kong had turned the corner on containing its infections. "The figures for one day cannot represent the overall trend, even though the numbers have been gradually slowing down. We hope this is a good sign.
"We still need to monitor the situation, as this disease has a relatively long incubation period," she added, noting that there were still cases with unknown infection sources and there could be hidden transmissions in the community.
Among Thursday's fresh cases, 10 had recent travel history, including two students.
Chuang also mentioned the case of a 43-year-old man whose source of infection remained unknown. She said the patient, who lived in Sheung Wan with his family, worked in Lee Gardens in Causeway Bay and usually jogged near his home and ate in fast-food shops.
Regarding the 57-year-old operations assistant from Shek Wu Hui Jockey Club General Out-patient Clinic who was reported as infected on Wednesday, Dr Sara Ho Yuen-ha, the Hospital Authority's chief manager for patient safety and risk management, said so far 49 staff members in that clinic and another one in Ta Kwu Ling, where the woman had also worked, had been tested and all returned negative results.
Another 54 clinic employees would also be tested on Thursday.
Ho said five employees who were considered as close contacts of the woman remained in quarantine. The 40 environment samples collected in the Shek Wu Hui clinic also showed no traces of the virus.
Ho said 29 more Covid-19 patients had been discharged, bringing the total number of recovered patients to 293.
Meanwhile, restaurant group Cafe de Coral announced on Thursday that its outlets would resume evening dine-in services from Friday 6.30pm, after they were suspended since March 27. Resumption of services also applied to the group's Super Super Congee and Noodle, Mixian Sense and Oliver's Super Sandwiches.
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