BEIJING — Around 9,000 people in China are probably dying each day from COVID\u002D19, UK\u002Dbased health data firm Airfinity said on Thursday, nearly doubling its…
COVID infections started to sweep across China in November, picking up pace this month after Beijing dismantled its zero-COVID policies including regular PCR testing on its population and publication of data on asymptomatic cases.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
That is in contrast to the several thousands of cases reported by health authorities a day, after a nationwide network of PCR test sites was largely dismantled as authorities pivoted from preventing infections to treating them.Article content As of Dec. 28, China’s official COVID death toll stood at 5,246 since the start of the pandemic in 2020.According to its website, in 2020 it built “the world’s first dedicated COVID-19 health analytics and intelligence platform.”Article content
The team will measure the difference between the number of deaths in the current wave of infections and the number of deaths expected had the epidemic never happened, Wu told reporters at a briefing.
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