China reported nearly 13,000 Covid-related deaths in hospitals between January 13 and 19, with a top health official saying the majority of the population had already been infected.
The death toll comes a week after China said nearly 60,000 people had died in hospitals with Covid in just over a month – but there is widespread skepticism over the official figures as Beijing abruptly ended anti-virus controls last month Was.
China’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a statement on Saturday that 681 patients hospitalized with respiratory failure caused by the coronavirus infection had died, and 11,977 from other diseases combined with the infection during the period. There was death.
The figures do not include anyone who died at home.