Meanwhile, according to the analysis by the DH's Public Health Laboratory Services Branch, as of yesterday (July 18), Hong Kong had recorded a total of 19 cases, 1 321 cases and 1 055 cases carrying the sub-lineages BA.2.12, BA.2.12.1 and BA.4/BA.5 under the Omicron mutant strain respectively (including suspected cases), among which zero, 1 093 and 372 of them are local cases.