A citizen gets her body temperature tested before entering a restaurant in Hong Kong, south China, March 17, 2021. Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection (CHP) reported 11 additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, taking its total tally to 11,340. (Xinhua/Lo Ping Fai)
HONG KONG, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection (CHP) reported 11 additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, taking its total tally to 11,340.
The new cases included eight local infections and three imported ones. Of the local cases, two had an unknown origin, according to a CHP press briefing.
The number of confirmed cases related to the outbreak in a fitness center in Western District rose to 132, the CHP said.
According to the Hospital Authority, 287 COVID-19 patients are currently being treated in public hospitals, the community treatment facility at AsiaWorld-Expo, and the North Lantau Hospital Hong Kong Infection Control Center, and 10 patients are in critical condition. Enditem