There were a total of 59,938 COVID-related deaths between December 8, 2022 and January 12 this year, Jiao Yahui, head of the Bureau of Medical Administration under the National Health Commission, told a press conference ...
If China drops its current anti-COVID strategy, the researchers predicted, peak demand on intensive care unit would be 15.6 times the existing capacity, causing more than 1.5 million deaths. The study also pointed out that protecting vulnerable individuals by ensuring accessibility to vaccines and a...
China has been counting deaths with a positive COVID-19 nucleic acid test as COVID-19 related fatalities since the initial phase of the epidemic, Jiao said. The criteria, she said, is in alignment with standards adopted by the World Health Organization and most countries....
409.67 million, a decrease of 2.08 million over that at the end of 2022. Of this total, urban permanent residents numbered 932.67 million. There were 9.02 million births in 2023 with a crude birth rate of 6.39 per thousand; and there were 11.10 million deaths with a crude death rate of 7...
COVID-19SARS-CoV-2INFECTIONChina announced a slight easing of its zero-COVID rules on November 11, 2022, and then a major relaxation on December 7, 2022. We estimate that the ensuing wave of SARS-CoV-2 infections caused 1.41 million deaths in China during December 2...
Editor's note: On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic, and as of Wednesday (April 16), more than 200 countries and regions have confirmed over 1,900,000 cases, with more than 120,000 deaths, according to the WHO. On its ...
Fewer deaths Another model estimates that China will face a COVID-19 death toll of half a million people by April next year, with 1.6 million deaths by the end of 2023, if the country continues on its current path. The model tracks and forecasts the global burden of COVID-19, and is...
A recent study says that China could risk up to 1.5 million deaths if it were to drop its Zero-COVID policy. The peer-reviewed research was conducted by scientists in China and the US. Their predictions however exclude the use of any safety measures, such as continuing...
With an infection fatality ratio between 0.1 and 0.2% for the Omicron variant19, we would expect between 1.3 and 2.6 million COVID-19 deaths in China during Dec. 2022 as well as Jan. 2023 (because of the delay from infection to death). Infection of more than one billion people during ...
China reported 59,938 COVID-19 related deaths at hospitals from Dec 8 to Thursday, a health official said on Saturday.Jiao Yahui, head of the National Health Commission's medical administration bureau, said that 5,503 fatalities were caused by respiratory failure induced by the infection, and ...