Hong Kong university data model predicts peak of coronavirus fifth wave, tenfold drop in infections over 1 month


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Hong Kong’s most virulent wave of coronavirus cases has already peaked on March 4, with infections having been predicted to drop more than tenfold in a period of more than one month, according to the latest estimates from the University of Hong Kong (HKU). The outbreak model, which was announced on Tuesday by HKU’s LKS Faculty of Medicine, projected a significant drop in the number of daily cases from the current tens of thousands to less than 1,000 by April 23, with the figure set to decrease to below 100 by mid-May. But despite the anticipated decline in cases, the...