HK third wave: No sign of Covid-19 crisis easing as city records 128 new cases

Pedestrians wearing protective masks walk past the 1881 Heritage shopping mall, operated by CK Asset Holdings Ltd, on Canton Road in the Tsim Sha Tsui district of Hong Kong, China on Sunday (July 26). Having briefly shown signs of recovery in recent months from its deepest recession on record, the Asian financial hub is bracing for its stiffest test yet as a resurgent virus combines with an increasingly uncertain political and financial outlook. - Bloomberg

HONG KONG July 26 (SCMP/ANN): Hong Kong’s third wave of coronavirus infections shows little sign of easing, with the city confirming another 128 Covid-19 cases, the fifth straight day of triple-digit rises but down from Saturday’s record total.

Of the new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, 25 were imported, 68 linked to other infections and the authorities were still tracing the roots of the other 35.