Residents don face masks in Hung Hom, Hong Kong, Aug 13, 2020. (WANG SHEN/XINHUA)
HONG KONG - Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection reported 46 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, bringing the total confirmed cases to 4,406.
12 more public markets across the territory will be closed an hour earlier for additional deep cleaning and disinfection in the coming few weeks as a precautionary measure
The newly-reported cases were seven imported cases and 39 local infections, Chuang Shuk-kwan, head of the CHP's Communicable Disease Branch, told a media briefing.
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Among the local cases, 27 were related to previously confirmed cases and sources of the other 12 cases were unknown.
According to Hong Kong's Hospital Authority, 780 patients are still hospitalized, including 27 in critical condition.
The number of related deaths has accumulated to 69 in Hong Kong as two more patients, aged 78 and 90, respectively, died on Saturday.
Meanwhile, the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced that 12 more public markets across the territory will be closed an hour earlier for additional deep cleaning and disinfection in the coming few weeks as a precautionary measure.
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The department has also enhanced anti-rodent measures in some markets, a spokesman for the department said in a press release issued on Saturday.
With inputs from Xinhua
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