Hong Kong's Covid Death Toll Rises

The deaths of four more elderly patients have raised the Covid tally in Hong Kong to 42.

An 82-year-old woman, a resident of Tsz Wan Shan at the heart of an outbreak, died at Queen Elizabeth Hospital on Tuesday morning.

The patient had suffered chronic illnesses and was admitted to hospital on July 9 because of a fever and cough.

An 85-year-old male patient died at Princess Margaret Hospital on Tuesday.

On Tuesday evening, Tuen Mun Hospital announced that an 82-year-old patient had died. The man lived in a nearby nursing home.

Earlier, the Prince of Wales Hospital reported the death of an 82-year-old female patient.

The elderly woman had lived in Ping Shek Estate in Choi Hung.

She was treated at the hospital's Accident and Emergency Department on July 19. She had a fever and her condition was stable at the time.

But her health worsened since, and she passed away on Monday afternoon.

The hospital said frontline staff had been busy, which was why news of the death had not been made sooner.

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