Hong Kong reports 20 new cases of A/H1N1 flu

HONG KONG, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Twenty more people were found to have contracted the A/H1N1 flu here on Monday, bringing the total number of infections in the city to 973.

"There had been 20 newly confirmed cases of A/H1N1 in the 24 hours to 2:30 pm today," a spokesperson for the HKSAR government's Health Department said.

The new cases involve nine males and 11 females, aged between seven months and 52 years, the spokesperson said.