One More Covid Infection From Oi Fai House Reported

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  • Hong Kong reported five new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, all but one were imported. Image: Shutterstock

    Hong Kong reported five new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, all but one were imported. Image: Shutterstock

Authorities on Wednesday reported five new coronavirus cases, all but one were imported.

The local case was a 70-year-old man who lives in Oi Fai House in Yau Oi Estate, Tuen Mun.

He developed symptoms on March 31.

The public housing block was partly evacuated after a number of infections were recently found there.

The imported cases arrived from Egypt, Pakistan and India.

The figures take the total infection tally in Hong Kong to 11,612.

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