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Hong Kong fourth wave: Covid-19 testing slots fill up as nine new cases recorded on final day of Lunar New Year holiday
- Daily figure – lowest since November 18 when nine cases were also recorded – included four locally transmitted infections
- Residents flock for testing ahead of expected shift in regulations governing restaurant dining, reopening of leisure venues
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Hong Kong confirmed nine new Covid-19 cases – a near three-month low – on the last day of the Lunar New Year holiday, but officials stressed the drop in infections could just be because fewer people were getting tested over the break.
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As the daily caseload fell to the lowest since November 18, when nine infections were also recorded, slots at community testing centres filled up for the next three days, with workers rushing to get screened before the anticipated relaxation of social-distancing measures on Thursday.
The Food and Health Bureau said a total of 67,120 people had taken a Covid-19 test across 19 screening centres on the first three days of Lunar New Year.
Monday’s cases included four locally transmitted infections, of which three were untraceable.
The other five cases were imported from Indonesia, India, Poland and the Philippines.
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The tally stood at 10,788 cases, with 193 related deaths. Fewer than 10 preliminary-positive infections were reported.
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