(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) 3 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong for two consecutive days without unknown source local cases

  China News Service, Hong Kong, September 23 (Reporter Zhang Xiaoxi) The Health Protection Center of the Department of Health of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government announced on the 23rd that as of 0:00 on the 23rd, Hong Kong has newly confirmed 3 new cases of new coronary pneumonia, namely imported cases and local sources Case.

Hong Kong has had no local cases of unknown origin for two consecutive days.

  The latest situation released by the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health on the same day showed that of the three newly confirmed cases, one was an imported case, which arrived in Hong Kong from the UK.

The other 2 local cases are epidemiologically related to the previous case, and the patients live in Tuen Mun and Hung Hom.

At present, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Hong Kong has increased to 5,049, and there is another suspected case.

  The Hong Kong Hospital Authority announced on the same day that as of 9 a.m. on the 23rd, a total of 20 confirmed patients had been discharged from the hospital in the past 24 hours, and a total of 4,749 confirmed and suspected patients with the new crown virus have recovered and discharged.

There are still 167 confirmed patients staying in 17 public hospitals, 12 of whom are in critical condition, 10 are in serious condition, and the remaining 145 are in stable condition.

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