People wear surgical masks at a wet market following the Covid-19 outbreak at Sham Shui Po, one of the oldest districts in Hong Kong, China on July 17, 2020. - Reuters
HONG KONG (Reuters): Hong Kong reported 95 new coronavirus cases on Thursday (Aug 6), of which 91 were locally transmitted, as authorities tried to contain the virus, which has seen a resurgence in the global financial hub over the past month.
Around 3,800 people have been infected in Hong Kong since late January, 44 of whom have died. The latest fatality was an 85-year-old male patient confirmed with COVID-19 who passed away at the Tuen Mun Hospital on Thursday afternoon, according to Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority.
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