Hong Kong Local Virus Cases Jump, Alarming Health Officials
- City reports nine new local cases; five from unknown origin
- Flare-up of local cases is amid a wider second wave globally
Pedestrians walk past a pair of security cameras along the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront as buildings stand across Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong, on July 7.
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Hong Kong reported its largest number of local coronavirus transmission cases in almost three months, stumping local health officials and reflecting the difficulty of eradicating the pathogen.
The city found nine new local cases, government officials said in a press briefing Tuesday. That’s the most since at least April 8, according to government data. Authorities have yet to determine how five of the patients contracted the disease.