HONG KONG, March 8 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong's Hospital Authority announced on Sunday evening the third death case of COVID-19 in Hong Kong.

People wearing a face masks amid concerns about the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus walk down a street in Hong Kong on March 7, 2020. (Photo: AFP)

A 76-year-old female patient confirmed with COVID-19 infection deteriorated and passed away in Caritas Medical Centre at 5:13 p.m. local time on Sunday, according to a press release from the Hospital Authority.

Two male patients, aged 39 and 70 respectively, passed away in February after being diagnosed with novel coronavirus infection.

According to a daily press briefing jointly held earlier Sunday by Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection (CHP) and the Hospital Authority, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Hong Kong has risen to 113.

As of Sunday noon, 58 patients who had COVID-19 infection have been discharged from the hospital upon recovery.