China’s coronavirus ‘tsunami’ appears to be subsiding: Deaths drop by nearly 80%

In Chinathe number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 on a daily basis has dropped by nearly 80% compared to early January, according to health authorities, element in which they see an indication that the wave of infections from the new coronavirus that has swept the country since December is ending.

Chinese hospitals on Monday recorded 896 deaths attributed to the disease caused by the virus, a 79 percent drop compared to Jan. 4, according to a press release released by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention today.

At the same time, the number of patients in serious condition in hospitals fell by 72%, from 128,000 on January 5 to 36,000 yesterday, according to the same img.

The drop in deaths comes after the peak of the pandemic wave in late December and early January, according to local authorities and media.

But authorities have since warned against a further spike in infections afterwards the Lunar New Year, in celebration of which there were mass movementswhich they discounted as spreading SARS-CoV-2 further.

After Beijing abruptly ended its “zero COVID” policy last month, a wave of infections has been sweeping the country.

Last week, China’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that nearly 13,000 people succumbed to COVID-19 between January 13 and 19, adding to the nearly 60,000 people who died in hospitals in just over a month. according to Agence France-Presse and the Athens News Agency.

Analysts stress, however, that these numbers are only part of the death toll, given China’s very narrow definition of deaths from COVID-19 and official estimates that many, if not most, of the country have already been infected. , part of the population.