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Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) reported no new SARS cases on Sunday, paving the way for the World Health Organization to remove the once-hard-hit region from its list of SARS-infected areas. Sunday was the 20th day since the last confirmed SARS patient in Hong Kong was hospitalized, and WHO was expected to remove Hong Kong from its list as soon as Monday, health officials said. Taiwan - which once had the third worst outbreak of the pneumonia-like disease after Hong Kong and the mainland - was hoping to meet the same goal: On Sunday, the island marked its fifth straight day without a new reported infection. And the outbreak appeared to be receding in China. In the mainland, the number of patients currently with SARS fell below 100 on Sunday for the first time in months - down to 97 from 123 the previous day, the Health Ministry said. No new SARS fatalities or infections were reported - the 11th day without new cases in Beijing. The Chinese government plans to lift a ban on tourist travel to Tibet on July 1, Agency reported. The ban was imposed on Tibet and other western regions June 25 to prevent the spread of SARS into poor regions without adequate health care. Tibet has reported no SARS deaths or cases.