Hong Kong’s spike in COVID-19 cases keeps breaking records, causing a medical system overload, transportation services cuts, shortened shopping hours, and suspension of visits to prisoners. As the Hong Kong government evaluates the need for a city-wide lockdown, citizens have started panic buying, and emptying food shelves in supermarkets.
On March 3, Hong Kong reported 56,827 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 144 deaths. It’s the second day in a row that the daily number of infections exceeded 50,000. On March 2, the number surged to 55,353.
