Coronavirus | HK sees 85 new cases, more than 60 test preliminary positive

Hong Kong reported 85 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday (Nov. 25), the city’s biggest daily increase since early August.

In a press briefing on Wednesday (Nov. 25) afternoon, Chuang Shuk-kwan, head of the Centre for Health Protection’s communicable disease branch, said 84 of the new infections were locally transmitted.

Of this number, 63 cases were linked to the dance studio cluster, which has grown to include 250 patients, Chuang said.

She added that 16 other local infections were of unknown origin. The sole imported case came from the United Kingdom. The city’s tally of confirmed cases stood 5,781.

Chuang also said that there were more than 60 people who tested preliminarily positive on Wednesday (Nov. 25).

(Source: China Daily)