Hong Kong reports 123 new COVID-19 cases

China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Friday reported 123 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, including 115 locally transmitted cases and eight from overseas, Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection (CHP) said.

The sources of infection of the 53 cases remain unknown, the CHP noted.

The number of new cases sets a fresh single-day record since the outbreak of the epidemic.

The National Health Commission said on Friday that it will provide all necessary support in response to the HKSAR government's need for curbing the epidemic.