Hong Kong reports 21 new COVID-19 cases

China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) reported 21 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday: 18 domestic transmissions and three imported cases.

Three more people died from COVID-19, health authorities said, raising the city's death toll to 81.

The HKSAR government announced that some social distancing measures would be eased from Friday, including lifting mandatory face masks for outdoor sports and parks and extending dine-in service hours.

Since January, the Asian financial hub has registered over 4,700 coronavirus infections.