According to the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre, new positive cases within 24 hours yesterday (15 July) include: 18 cases in the Red Code zones and medical observation hotels, which were detected under the management and control; 1 cases of close contacts, 10 cases in the Citywide NAT and Key Groups NAT, and 2 cases among other population groups, which were found within the community.

Since 18 June, Macao has recorded a total of 1,706 cases.

As of 08:00 today (16 July), a total of 20,994 individuals have been followed up by epidemiological investigation. These include: 3,226 close contacts, 11,361 non-core close contacts (i.e. people with common track), 1,227 secondary close contacts, 254 general contacts, and 776 accompanying persons.