Coronavirus Hong Kong: actual mortality rate could be lower than believed, but case count much higher, city leader says

By Elizabeth Cheung,Gigi Choy,Sammy Heung

Hong Kong’s actual Covid-19 mortality rate could be lower than the official record suggested, the city’s leader said on Monday, as she conceded that about a quarter of the population might have already contracted the virus.Speaking at her daily epidemic press conference, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said further analysis was warranted in the future to ascertain the city’s actual number of Covid-19 infections. That “grand total” might serve as a better baseline for determining the…

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