China Covid deaths in hospitals drop 72% in a week as wave eases
BEIJING – China’s weekly Covid-19 deaths in hospitals slumped to less than 1,000 as the record wave of infections that rippled through the country following the
Official figures show a continued, rapid decline in deaths since the chaotic early days of China’s pivot away from Covid Zero. But the country’s virus figures have repeatedly drawn criticism for a lack of transparency after authorities narrowed their definition of what counts as a Covid-19 death.
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