HONG KONG, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection (CHP) reported 103 additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, taking its total tally to 6,499.
The newly confirmed cases involved 97 local infections and the remaining six were imported. Fifteen local cases had an unknown source of infection.
Of the local cases, 13 were related to a dancing cluster, which has caused more than 500 infections so far. There were also outbreaks in a day care center for disabilities and a construction site which involved 39 and 14 cases respectively.
Chuang Shuk-kwan, head of the CHP's Communicable Disease Branch, said that there were about 70 cases tested positive preliminary.
"The number (of daily additional confirmed cases) is still high and shows no sign of decreasing," Chuang said, adding that it was hard to predict the trend of the epidemic.
Social distancing measures started to tighten again on Wednesday, with the group gathering limit lowered to two people and and there no more than two people per table are allowed in restaurants. Recreational premises including theme parks, swimming pools are closed.
According to Hong Kong's Hospital Authority, 860 COVID-19 patients are still being treated in local hospitals, including 17 in critical condition. Enditem