China News Service, August 20. According to Hong Kong Sing Tao.com, Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Center for Health Protection of the Hong Kong Department of Health, announced on the 20th that there were 18 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Hong Kong, and the cumulative number of cases increased to 4605.
Among the newly confirmed cases, 1 was an imported case and 17 were local cases. Among the local cases, 12 were related to other confirmed cases, and 6 of them were infected through family gatherings, meals, relatives and friends.