Press Conference by Dr. Chuang Shuk Kwan
December 12th 2020
Updated at 1702
Dr. Chuang of CHP announced as of midnight last night there were (7379-7447)
69 newly confirmed cases in total.
There are 45 local cases with previous links.
There are 19 local cases with no previous links.
5 cases are imported
As of 4pm today there are over 80 preliminary cases.
36 patients are Male and 33 patients are Female
Ages of the patients range from 2 years old to 87 years old
HOSPITAL AUTHORITY (HA)
As of 9:00am on December 12th 2020
Patients in hospital: 1118 in 22 hospitals and Asia-World Expo
Patients in critical condition: 49
Patients in serious condition: 61
Patients discharged: 110
HA regrets to announce a patient died yesterday. The patient preliminary positive after admission.
IMPORTED CASES:
Total Persons 5
LOCAL CASES
CASES WITH PREVIOUS LINKS:
Total Persons 37
A nurse has tested positive and works for a clinic located on 183 Electric Road in North Point. She said she started to feel unwell on December 8th and her last day of work was also on that day. The name of the doctor is 馮明杰.
A 87 year old patient (#7384) recently passed away on December 2nd at home. His family members started coughing the day after he passed away and a few of them tested positive for covid. CHP requested the morgue take a sample and the result of the deceased was also positive. Dr. Chuang said they are in touch with the people from the morgue to see if any persons needs to be quarantined.
Clusters:
Starlight Dance Club Cluster:
New additional cases today: 4
There have been a total of 700+ people related to this cluster now including close contacts.
Construction Site in Tseung Kwan O. Phase 9 Lohas Park
New additional cases today: 1
There have been a total of 58 people related to this cluster now including close contacts.
Asia-World Expo:
New additional cases today: 2
There have been a total of 19 people related to this cluster now including close contacts.
Tseung Kwan O - Lam Tin Tunnel
New additional cases today: 1
There have been a total of 10 people related to this cluster now including close contacts.
CASES WITH NO PREVIOUS LINKS:
Total Persons : 19
Dr. Louis Lee - He has a surgery in Central Building. He started to feel unwell on December 8th and the last day of work was December 8th. CHP is doing contact tracing but also suggests people who have been to this clinic to get tested too.