Coronavirus: Hong Kong confirms record 55,000 new Covid-19 cases; private hospitals ‘should step up in pandemic fight’

Hong Kong confirmed a new record of more than 55,000 coronavirus cases on Wednesday, with a government adviser calling on private hospitals to do more to fight the city’s worsening outbreak by treating patients with mild symptoms.All but 27 of the 55,353 infections on Wednesday were locally transmitted, pushing the total tally to 293,730.Another 116 coronavirus-related deaths were recorded in the past 24 hours. Among the patients, aged 58 to 100, 78 lived in care homes while 95 had no…

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