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The largest daily total in five months was recorded by Hong Kong on Sunday, when 9,708 new Covid-19 infections were reported.

Health officials announced at a meeting on Sunday that 213 imported cases were included in the case list. The Covid virus caused 10 additional deaths and 10 additional individuals who were in severe condition.

10,000 infections per day are anticipated, according to Department of Health Chuang Shuk-kwan with the Health Department. It is already anticipated that BA.4 or BA.5 would be the dominant strain, but "we still need to study for one or a few more days to see that trend," she added.

According to estimations by Bloomberg, the new daily infection figure was the highest since March 25.