Hong Kong reports highest daily COVID-19 spike since December 19 ANI | Updated: Jan 18, 2021 19:05 IST
Hong Kong [China], January 18 (ANI): Hong Kong health authorities confirmed 107 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, marking the highest daily caseload since December 19.
The authorities revealed that about one in four infections over the past two weeks involved members of ethnic minority communities, many of whom lived in the Yau Ma Tei area, reported South China Morning Post (SCMP).
Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan, head of the Centre for Health Protection s (CHP) communicable disease branch, revealed that all but five of the latest cases were locally transmitted, while 42 were untraceable. Over 50 people had also tested preliminary-positive.