Hong Kong's Department of Health said on Thursday that there were 57 newly confirmed cases of influenza A/H1N1 in the 24 hours to 2:30 PM.

The new cases involved 33 males and 24 females, aged between five months and 57 years. This brought to 1,112 the total number of the confirmed cases in Hong Kong.

The department has so far advised 43 secondary schools with confirmed cases to suspend classes or start their summer break in order to stop the spread of the disease in the schools.

(Xinhua News Agency July 10, 2009)