A couple talks to the media after receiving the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine in the Kowloon Bay district of Hong Kong on Feb 26, 2021. (ISAAC LAWRENCE / AFP)

HONG KONG - Hong Kong reported 18 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, including seven transmitted locally, pushing the city’s total of confirmed infections to 11,397.

The 11 imported cases included nine from the Philippines and one each from Indonesia and Pakistan, Chuang Shuk-kwan, head of the Centre for Health Protection’s Communicable Disease Branch, said at a briefing

The 11 imported cases included nine from the Philippines and one each from Indonesia and Pakistan, Chuang Shuk-kwan, head of the Centre for Health Protection’s Communicable Disease Branch, said at a briefing.

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Five fresh infections were linked to Ursus Fitness, a gym in Sai Ying Pun, Chuang said. The cluster has so far involved 147 patients, including 93 patrons, eight staff members and 46 close contacts.

Two of the local cases remained untraceable, including that of 71-year-old part-time taxi driver who last went to work on Wednesday, Chuang said.

More than 10 people tested preliminarily positive for the coronavirus, and more than half of the infections were imported, according to Chuang. 

Passengers who have used the city’s contact tracing app, Leave Home Safe, to scan the code of the taxi LE7673 from March 8 to March 17 will receive alerts on their mobile phones, Chuang said, urging passengers concerned to get tested.

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The other untraceable infected involved a clerk at a construction site on Cha Kwo Ling Road in Kwun Tong, Chuang said. More than 10 of his colleagues would be quarantined and other 100 would be tested. The patient wasn't feeling well on March 10 but still visited his workplace on Friday. Block 3 of Scenic View in Ngau Chi Wan, where he lives, would be subjected to mandatory testing.