Hong Kong Reports Record 26,026 Daily COVID-19 Cases

Hong Kong Reports Record 26,026 Daily COVID-19 Cases
Workers at the construction site of a COVID-19 isolation facility in Tsing Yi in Hong Kong on Feb. 25, 2022. Louise Delmotte/Getty Images
Reuters
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HONG KONG—Hong Kong reported a record 26,026 daily COVID-19 infections on Feb. 27, as an outbreak of the highly transmissible Omicron variant overwhelms healthcare facilities and proves hard to control.

The global financial hub has imposed some of the most stringent COVID-19 restrictions in the world to cope with the coronavirus spike, leading some executives to leave and frustrating some residents.