A third chartered flight arranged by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government to bring back passengers quarantined on the Diamond Princess cruise ship is scheduled to take off from Japan at 1:45 a.m. on Sunday, local authorities announced on Saturday.

As of Saturday, 70 passengers from Hong Kong had tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

The flight will carry 17 passengers without close contact with confirmed cases and authorized by Japanese authorities to leave the ship.

One passenger was diagnosed with the novel coronavirus after returning to Hong Kong, authorities have said.

Eighty-four passengers have returned to Hong Kong on the second evacuation flight arranged by the HKSAR government. So far, 190 people have arrived in Hong Kong after disembarking from the cruise ship.