A man eats alone in a park in Central, Hong Kong, July 28, 2020. (PARKER ZHENG/CHINA DAILY)

HONG KONG -  Hong Kong reported 69 new COVID-19 infections on Saturday, including 19 untraceable cases, bringing the tally to 7,446.

READ MORE: CE: HK to receive 1st batch of COVID-19 vaccine in Jan 2021

The fresh infections involved five imported cases and 64 locally transmitted ones, Chuang Shuk-kwan of the Centre for Health Protection said at a news briefing in the afternoon.

The government will add five more community testing centers next week, which will add the number of such centers to 19 and improve their daily testing capacity to over 20,000

Four new patients were linked to the dance cluster - the city's largest cluster so far. Another cluster that centered on a construction site in Lohas Park, Tseung Kwan O added one new patient, Chuang said.

Also on Saturday, the Hong Kong government announced that five additional community testing centers will open for service in phases from next week. 

The five new centers will be located at Tin Ching Community Hall in Tin Shui Wai, Shek Tong Tsui Sports Centre, To Kwa Wan Sports Centre, Ma On Shan Sports Centre and Ngau Tau Kok Road Sports Centre. 

ALSO READ: HK govt plans free COVID-19 vaccination for all residents

The new additions will bring the total number of community testing centers in the financial hub to 19 and the daily testing capacity to more than 20,000.

By Thursday, those centers have tested over 170,000 specimens and found 420 preliminary positive cases.

According to the Hospital Authority, 1,118 COVID-19 patients are being treated in 22 public hospitals and the community treatment facility at AsiaWorld-Expo.

With Xinhua inputs