There were 232 newly confirmed cases of influenza A/H1N1 in Hong Kong in the 24 hours by 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Xinhua quoted health authorities as saying. The new cases involve 131 males and 101 females, and the patients were aged between seven months and 87 years, the Department of Health of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government said in a bulletin. This brings to 4,504 the total number of confirmed influenza A/ H1N1 cases in Hong Kong.