Xinhua
09 Jan 2021, 18:14 GMT+10
HONG KONG, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection (CHP) reported 59 additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, the highest in more than a week, taking its total tally to 9,211.
The new cases included 53 local infections, with 20 cases of unknown origin.
According to Hong Kong's Hospital Authority, 592 COVID-19 patients are currently being treated in public hospitals and the community treatment facility at AsiaWorld-Expo, and 39 patients are in critical condition.
A total of 153 people have die from the coronavirus epidemic in public hospitals so far.
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