Covid-19 cases may return to four-digit levels by the end of June due to residual transmissions from the city’s fifth Covid-19 wave, according to the director of the University of Hong Kong's Centre for Infection Ho Pak-leung.
Residual transmissions have led to a resurgence in cases with 814 confirmed cases logged on Sunday, 16 of which involved a highly infectious Omicron subvariant. Ho said on a radio program Monday that the recently reported cases are still classified as part of the city’s fifth wave, pointing out that cases would not be considered part of a sixth wave as long as they are not new variants.
The city last reported a four-digit daily caseload at 1,043 cases on April 14. Ho expects Covid-19 cases to hit the four-digit mark once again by the end of the month, but he believes that the public should not be overly concerned provided that sufficient vaccination rates are met.
The city last reported a four-digit daily caseload at 1,043 cases on April 14. Ho expects Covid-19 cases to hit the four-digit mark once again by the end of the month, but he believes that the public should not be overly concerned provided that sufficient vaccination rates are met.