Hong Kong grappled with 30 untraceable cases out of 116 coronavirus infections on Wednesday, chalking up another record number of patients with unknown transmission links, while an unvaccinated elderly woman became the first to be in a critical condition since the fifth wave began in December.
But even as authorities warned the latest surge had yet to peak, they began allowing Covid-19 patients to leave hospitals earlier, by between five and seven days, to relieve the burden on wards, provided their test samples returned a certain result.
Along with relaxing such discharge requirements for patients, the government also took over additional halls at Asia-World Expo to secure more beds.
While an outbreak at a densely populated public housing estate in Kwai Chung district has been largely curtailed, the city is grappling with daily case numbers that have seesawed between double and triple digits for the past week, with health authorities overwhelmed in recent days by the wave of untraceable infections.
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