COVID pushes Hong Kong hospitals to 90% capacity

Hong Kong hospitals reached 90% capacity on Thursday and quarantine centers reached their limits, officials said, as the city tried to curb a record number of infections by sticking to China's zero-tolerance strategy. To ease pressure on the city's health system, authorities said they would change their hospitalization and isolation policy and allow some patients to be discharged earlier. The decisions were announced amid reports of patients being treated in beds outside a hospital in the working-class neighborhood of Sham Shui Po. Hong Kong reported 6,116 new coronavirus cases on Thursday. Anyone in the territory infected with COVID-19 was required…