A total of seven deaths of patients with coronavirus were recorded in its hospitals China during the period February 17-23, as announced on Saturday by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
The death toll fell sharply, from 4,273 on a daily basis on January 4 to zero on Thursday, according to the same source.
The center reported that all SARS-CoV-2 cases since December have been found to be due to Omicron subvariants, 60% in BA.5.2.48 and nearly 29% in BF.7.14.
He also pointed out that 22 local mutations causing “concern” have been identified, including one case of XBB.1 and five cases of XBB.1.5.
China’s political leadership earlier this month declared “victory” over the pandemic coronavirusexpressing satisfaction that it has claimed to have one of the lowest death rates from COVID-19 worldwide — however, experts in other countries question the reliability of the data released by Beijing, even more so because the new coronavirus has been allowed to spread throughout the world. country after three years of a policy of its complete elimination.
The Chinese government abruptly ended its policy of eradicating SARS-CoV-2 in early December, following the lead of most Western countries and moving to fully open its economy. Since then, according to an estimate made by a Chinese scientist last month, up to 80% of its population has been infected by the new coronavirus.
Despite reports of suffocating intensive care units and funeral homes unable to cope, Chinese authorities were officially talking in the middle of the month of some 80,000 deaths from COVID-19 in hospitals in two months.
Some experts believe that the true death toll is much higher: many patients are dying at home, while doctors are discouraged from recording that COVID-19 was the cause of any death in the reports and certificates they issue.
Source: News Beast

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