New Covid-19 Cases Fall To Around 30, Say Sources

"); jQuery("#212 h3").html("

Related News Programmes

"); });

2020-08-11 HKT 13:42

Share this story

facebook

  • The city is expected to record around 30 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday. If confirmed, this would be a substantial drop from previous few weeks, when Hong Kong started getting a new wave of infections from early July. File photo: Reuters

    The city is expected to record around 30 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday. If confirmed, this would be a substantial drop from previous few weeks, when Hong Kong started getting a new wave of infections from early July. File photo: Reuters

Sources have told RTHK that the city is expected to record around 30 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday.

If confirmed, this would be a substantial drop from previous days which saw at least 60 new cases reported daily.

On Monday, the Centre for Health Protection confirmed 69 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the SAR to 4,148.

Meanwhile, three more people have died due to Covid-19, bringing the city's death toll linked to the virus climbing to 58.

They include a 79-year-old man who passed away at Tseung Kwan O Hospital on Monday night, an 80-year-old man who passed away at Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital on Tuesday afternoon, and an 87-year-old woman who died at United Christian Hospital also on Tuesday afternoon.

RECENT NEWS

HK Police And Regional Partners Arrest Over 1,800 In Cross-Border Scam Crackdown

In a major cross-border crackdown, Hong Kong police and law enforcement agencies from six countries and regions arreste... Read more

Tiger Brokers To Double Hong Kong Team As It Targets Offshore Chinese Wealth

Online brokerage Tiger Brokers intends to increase its Hong Kong headcount by two times to capture more offshore Chines... Read more

Behind The Unicorn: The Startup Struggles You Dont See Ft. Tessa Wijaya, Xendit

In this episode of Fintech Fireside Asia, I sit down with Tessa Wijaya, Co-founder and COO of Xendit, one of Southeast ... Read more

SFC Updates Guidance To Non-Face-to-Face Account Opening

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has updated its guidance on acceptable non-face-to-face (NFTF) account open... Read more

NTTs Mobile Arm Set To Acquire SBI Sumishin Net Bank In US$5.1 Billion Deal

NTT Docomo, the mobile arm of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT), has announced plans to acquire online bank SBI Sumi... Read more

Visa Click To Pay Goes Live In Hong Kong Via ZA Bank

Visa, a digital payments provider, has announced a partnership with ZA Bank to roll out Click to Pay in Hong Kong today... Read more