Beijing, Feb 15 (EFE).- China registered a total of 83,150 deaths in hospitals related to covid-19 between December 8, when the dismantling of the ‘zero covid’ policy began, and February 9, according to data from the China Center for Disease Control.
92.02% of deaths were caused by a worsening of an underlying disease combined with covid-19, the report indicates.
The rest of the deaths were mainly caused by respiratory failure caused by the coronavirus, which spread rapidly throughout the country during December and January after restrictions were relaxed.
The CDC reported last week that the number of deaths from covid-19 in clinics in the country fell by 97.6% on February 6 compared to the peak of 4,273 deaths registered on January 4.
Meanwhile, the number of hospital admissions due to covid reached its ceiling of 1.6 million on January 5, when it began to drop to 60,000 registered on February 6.
After almost three years of harsh restrictions, confinements and practically total closure of borders that ended up crystallizing in protests in various parts of the country, China began to dismantle the ‘zero covid’ strategy at the beginning of December, and on January 8 it reduced from category A -level of maximum danger- to B the management of the disease, thus marking in practice the end of this policy. EFE
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