Hong Kong has reported 25,150 new coronavirus infections and 280 deaths in the last 24 hours, as authorities struggle to contain a worsening Covid-19 outbreak which has torn through hundreds of nursing homes and hit many of the city's unvaccinated elderly, Reuters reports.

Health authorities said 161 of the deaths reported were in the past 24 hours while 119 were older fatalities processed with a delay.

Hong Kong has reported the most deaths globally per million people in the week to March 6, according to data publication Our World in Data.

Corpses are moved to a refrigerated container outside a funeral home, as mortuaries run out of space amid the coronavirus outbreak in Hong Kong, China, March 5. — Reuters
Corpses are moved to a refrigerated container outside a funeral home, as mortuaries run out of space amid the coronavirus outbreak in Hong Kong, China, March 5. — Reuters

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