Hong Kong on Sunday reported 4,064 new local Covid-19 cases – the fourth consecutive day that the city's daily coronavirus tally topped the 4,000-mark.

There were also 186 imported cases.

Eight more elderly Covid patients have died, half of whom were unvaccinated.

The Hospital Authority said a further 172 people with the virus had been admitted to hospital, bringing the total to 1,347. Three of them are critically ill.

Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan of the Centre for Health Protection said authorities are keeping a close eye on infection numbers.

"Based on the numbers for the past two weeks, the daily case count doubles every two or three weeks. We hope the number won't rise to a very high level," she said.

"We hope people will follow the Covid restrictions."

Meanwhile, Chuang said authorities will closely monitor the spread of monkeypox as the World Health Organization declares the outbreak of the infectious disease a global health emergency.

She said while it's possible that the SAR may see imported cases of monkeypox, she hopes increased surveillance can prevent the virus from spreading in the community.

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