A passenger (left) wearing a face mark as a preventative measure against the coronavirus walks past a thermal screening display as he enters Hong Kong's Chek Lap Kok International Airport on March 10, 2020. (Anthony WALLACE / AFP)

HONG KONG - Hong Kong confirmed two new infections of the coronavirus on Thursday, with both cases involving travellers, bringing the city's infection tally to 131.

One case invovled a 37-year-old man, who returned from London with his family last month. 

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Eight more coronavirus patients have been discharged from hospitals, taking the number of recoveries to 74

He is husband of a 31-year-old patient confirmed to be infected on Wednesday. He developed a fever on March 3. 

The family returned to Hong Kong from London on flight CX250 on Feb 29 with their 1-year-old son. They live at iPlace on Castle Peak Road in Kwai Chung. 

The child has runny nose and is in hospital. 

The second case involved a 31-year-old man with undisclosed underlying illnesses who lives in Kennedy Town. He visited the US city of Boston between Feb 22 and March 1 before flying to Manila via Tokyo on March 2. He returned to Hong Kong by flight CX930 by on March 8.

Separately, a passenger who transited through Hong Kong after arriving from Seattle on flight CX857 on Monday and landed in Beijing after flying KA900 was confirmed to be infected in the Chinese capital.

The SAR government called on passengers on those flights to contact the health authorities.

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Eight more coronavirus patients have been discharged from hospitals, taking the number of recoveries to 74. One patient remains in critical condition.  

In view of the upcoming Ching Ming Festival on April 5, the government has appealed to the public to plan their grave-sweeping activities such that overcrowding can be avoided on the public holiday.