Hong Kong reports 1,161 new Covid-19 cases

The newly reported cases consist of eight imported cases and 1,153 locally acquired cases. There are another 800 cases preliminarily testing positive, the centre said. 

Since the start of a mass inoculation program in February last year, about 5.43 million people, or 80.8 per cent of the eligible population in Hong Kong, have taken at least one shot of a Covid-19 vaccine, while over 4.9 million, or 72.8 per cent of the eligible population, have taken two doses. 

Meanwhile, over 1.09 million people in Hong Kong have taken their third booster shot.