Hong Kong logs 558 Covid-19 infections, even after tightening rules on caseloads


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Hong Kong logs 558 Covid-19 infections, even after tightening rules on caseloads After too many residents submitted misleading results, government now only includes checked results in its daily tally. Hong Kong confirmed 558 Covid -19 infections on Wednesday, higher than the number the day before, even after health authorities tightened their criteria by counting only verified cases. The latest tally included 301 rapid antigen test (RAT) results that were confirmed by an extra polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test, up slightly from 258 a day ago when the new rule of only announcing verified results came into effect. But Dr Chuang...