Covid-19 cases exceed 7 million daily in China, over 4,000 deaths per day – National | globalnews.ca

china daily new COVID-19 The country’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday that infections reached a peak of more than 7 million per day around December 22, while deaths hit a daily peak of more than 4,000 on January 4.

The figures, published on the Centre’s website, came at a time when a leading government scientist said over the weekend that 80 per cent of china 1.4 billion of the population has already been infected, leading to the possibility of a large COVID-19 rebound in the next two or three months.

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“Around December 22, 2022, the number of infected people and the number of fever outpatient consultations peaked,” with the number of new infections reaching “more than 7 million per day and the number of daily fever outpatient consultations at 2,867″ One million gone.”

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A National Health Commission official said last week that China has passed the peak of the number of Covid patients in fever clinics, emergency rooms and those in critical condition.

Nearly 60,000 people with Covid had died in hospital by January 12, nearly a month after China abruptly ended its strict zero-Covid policy, according to government data.


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But some experts said that figure probably massively underestimates the full effect, because it does not include people who die at home and because many doctors have said they are less likely to cite COVID as the cause of death. discouraged from