Hong Kong private hospitals pledge to reserve 1,000 beds for non-Covid patients as city reports 27,765 infections

Private hospitals in Hong Kong have pledged to reserve a total of 1,000 beds mostly for non-Covid patients to help ease the pressure on the public health care system, while a new platform has been launched to provide support to infected patients at home or in community isolation facilities.The city confirmed 27,765 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday. A total of 15,809 cases were logged through the online government portal by residents using at-home rapid antigen tests, in addition to 11,956…

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