Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said that the government will consider lifting strict social distancing measures as the number of new COVID-19 infections in the city continues to decline, the AP reported.

“I wouldn’t promise now that there’s room for adjustment,” Chief Executive Carrie Lam said. “But following a review, we have a duty to account for the findings in this review and the direction we will take.”

The results of the anti-coronavirus review will be known as early as Monday.

Hong Kong is at the center of a massive coronavirus outbreak, with more than 1 million cases reported in the city of 7.4 million people. Hong Kong has been hit hard, with morgues overcrowded. The city's administration has so far refrained from imposing a strict isolation, similar to the one regularly imposed by mainland China to combat the spread of the virus.

However, the number of new cases of infection in the city is declining. In early March, more than 50,000 new cases were reported in Hong Kong in a single day. And on Saturday, 16,583 new cases had already been reported.