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Hong Kong Reports Record Daily Number of New COVID-19 Cases
Race-goers wear masks at the Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong on July 12, 2020. / Getty / Kyodo
By Kyodo News 17 July 2020
HONG KONG—Hong Kong reported 67 new coronavirus cases Thursday, the highest daily record since the outbreak emerged in January, according to health officials.
All but four cases were locally transmitted, and 35 have no known sources of infection, said Chuang Shuk-kwan, head of the Communicable Disease Branch of the Center for Health Protection.
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