Hong Kong’s death rate is now world's highest

A taxi driver wears protective gear amid Covid-19 pandemic in Hong Kong, on March 7, 2022. - Reuters

HONG KONG (Bloomberg):Hong Kong’s Covid-19 death rate is now the highest in the world, after fatalities among the city’s under-vaccinated elderly surged and concerns mount there may be more to come as infections spread through care facilities.

The financial hub’s seven-day rolling average rose to 27 deaths per 1 million people as of Sunday, according to Bloomberg calculations based on Johns Hopkins University data. That’s double Latvia, which has the second-highest rate, and far surpasses the peak of the US’s Omicron wave.