A spokesman for Hong Kong Department of Health said there had been 26 newly confirmed cases of A/H1N1 influenza in Hong Kong in the past 24 hours till 2:30 p.m. (0630 GMT) Sunday.

The spokesman said the new cases involve 14 males and 12 females, aged between 2 and 57.

This brings to 953 the total number of A/H1N1 influenza cases in Hong Kong, the spokesman said.

(Xinhua News Agency July 6, 2009)