Customers (right, behind glass) eat in a fast food restaurant as a young girl wearing a face mask walks on the street outside in Hong Kong on December 8, 2020, two days before new measures, including a ban on evening restaurant dining, aimed at stemming a fourth wave of COVID-19 infections come into effect. (ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)

HONG KONG - Hong Kong reported 104 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, bringing the city’s tally of confirmed cases 7,179 on the eve of tighter social distancing rules.

The new cases included 99 local infections and five imported cases, Chuang Shuk-kwan, head of the Centre for Health Protection’s communicable disease branch, said at a media briefing.

The new cases included 99 local infections and five imported cases, said Chuang Shuk-kwan, head of the Centre for Health Protection’s communicable disease branch

Of the 104 new cases, 35 were untraceable. There were also 60 people who tested preliminarily positive, Chuang added.

Two more patients, aged 75 and 85 respectively, died on Wednesday afternoon, bringing the total number of coronavirus-related deaths in the city to 114, according to the Hospital Authority.

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Chuang said 12 new patients were linked to the dance club cluster, which now has more than 690 confirmed patients. 

This growing cluster has also led to new infection groups, such as the one centered around Ho Yuk Ching Willow Lodge, an elderly care home in Tai Kok Tsui.

Chuang said that four new patients were residents of the Kwai Shing West Estate Block 8, which now has a total of 22 infections.

The government would issue a notice of mandatory testing for all people who had been to the block after Nov 18 and stayed for more than 120 minutes.

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A construction worker at the site of the Tseung Kwan O – Lam Tin Tunnel was confirmed infected and five others tested preliminarily positive. All their co-workers will undergo mandatory virus testing, Chuang said.

Mandatory testing orders would also be given to the employees of the Yata supermarket in Sha Tin  who have been to the first or second floor of their workplace after Nov 28, as well as people who have visited Kam Fung Court Block C Kam Wai House in Ma On Shan and stayed there for more than two hours after Nov 19.

Starting Thursday, Hong Kong will prohibit dine-in services at restaurants after 6 pm while gyms, sports venues, fitness clubs and massage and beauty salons will also be shut down as the city grapples with the fourth wave of coronavirus cases.