This photo captures people wearing face masks waiting to cross a street in Hong Kong, April 5, 2021. (LI GANG / XINHUA)
HONG KONG – Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection (CHP) reported seven confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, taking its total tally to 11,531.
The new cases included three local infections that were linked with previously confirmed cases. The four imported cases were from India and Pakistan, according to the CHP.
ALSO READ: Virus: HK govt says K11 MUSEA investigation scientific
In the past 14 days, 127 cases were recorded, including 29 local cases, of which nine had unknown infection origins, the CHP said.
Hong Kong launched a COVID-19 vaccination program on Feb 26. As of April 5, about 487,000 people had received their first dose of vaccine, and about 90,200 had received their second dose.
READ MORE: 300,000 BioNTech doses land in HK, city logs 19 cases