China sees 60,000 Covid deaths in 30 days, says emergency hospitalisations have peaked
Nearly 60,000 people infected with Covid-19 had died in hospital since China abandoned its zero-Covid policy last month, a medical official from the National Health Commission (NHC) said at a press conference in Beijing on Saturday. China recorded 59,938 Covid-related deaths between December 8 and January 12.
China has been criticised globally for under-reporting Covid-19 deaths. Meanwhile, a Chinese health official claimed that Covid fever and emergency hospitalisations have peaked in China and the number of hospitalised Covid patients is continuing to decline, reported Reuters.
The World Health Organization’s head Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has spoken with Chinese authorities and the agency welcomed new information about the Covid situation in the country. WHO has asked China to provide more data on Covid as the situation continues to remain grim.
