MACAU, July 9 - According to the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre, new positive cases within 24 hours yesterday (8 July) include: 45 cases in the Red Code zones and medical observation hotels, which were detected under the management and control; 14 cases of close contacts, 7 cases in the Citywide NAT and Key Groups NAT, and 5 cases among other population groups, which were found within the community.

Since 18 June, Macao has recorded a total of 1,374 cases.

As of 08:00 today (9 July), a total of 18,377 individuals have been followed up by epidemiological investigation. These include: 2,837 close contacts, 10,592 non-core close contacts (i.e. people with common track), 836 secondary close contacts, 255 general contacts, and 749 accompanying persons.