The overall Comprehensive Social Security Assistance caseload dropped to 221,481 in June, down 0.4% from May, the Social Welfare Department announced today.
Low-earnings cases registered a month-to-month decrease of 1.4% to 2,337 cases, while old age cases were down 0.5% to 126,786. Single parent cases dipped 0.2% to 24,834, while permanent disability cases slightly decreased by 0.1% to 17,478 cases.
Unemployment cases fell by 1.1% to 19,461 cases. The figure is an increase of 54.6% compared with January 2020 when Hong Kong just started to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
The average number of applications for unemployment cases in April to June was 651 per month, down 15.8% from the March to May number or a decrease of 75.4% from the April to June 2020 figure.
Ill-health cases rose 0.5% to 26,580.
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