Hong Kong has reported 36 additional confirmed coronavirus patients, taking the tally to 4,561. Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan of the Centre for Health Protection said one is an imported patient and the rest are locally infected. Among the 35 local patients, 29 are linked to previously-diagnosed patients. The Hospital Authority said there was one death. Also, 3,677 have recovered in total after 78 patients were discharged in the past 24 hours.

Source: The Standard August 18, 2020 09:33 UTC