The Ministry of Health said on Thursday that of the local cases, 99 per cent were the sub-variant BA.2 strain and its lineages, which include BA.2.12.1.Of the imported cases, 98 per cent were the BA.2 sub-variant and its lineages, 1 per cent was the BA.1 sub-variant and its lineages, and 1 per cent from recombinant lineages which include XJ and XE.Two imported cases last month were infected with the BA.4 strain.All three are the first community cases confirmed to have been infected with the BA.
The rate refers to the ratio of community cases for the past week over those of the week before. A rate of more than 1 shows the number of new weekly Covid-19 cases is increasing.
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