Hong Kong Reports 140 New Covid Cases, Highest Number in Year
Residents enter the makeshift Covid-19 testing station outside the Yat Kwai House building at the Kwai Chung Estate public housing complex in Hong Kong, China, on Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022. The unprecedented step to place buildings at the public housing complex under lockdown is one of the most drastic measures Hong Kong has launched as it works to eradicate the virus within its borders. Photographer: Bertha Wang/Bloomberg
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Vinicy Chan, Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong reported 140 confirmed Covid-19 cases on Sunday, the highest number in about a year.
Of the new cases, 125 were locally transmitted while 94 are related to a cluster at a public housing estate in the New Territories, the city’s authorities said at a press conference. Four of the infections are of unknown origin
Officials said there were more than 100 preliminary positive cases.
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