{"id":277491,"date":"2023-01-14T11:08:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-14T11:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/01\/14\/china-reports-nearly-60000-covid-related-deaths-in-35-days\/"},"modified":"2023-01-14T11:08:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T11:08:00","slug":"china-reports-nearly-60000-covid-related-deaths-in-35-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/01\/14\/china-reports-nearly-60000-covid-related-deaths-in-35-days\/","title":{"rendered":"China Reports Nearly 60,000 Covid-Related Deaths In 35 Days"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The figure refers only to deaths recorded at medical facilities. (Representational)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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China’s health authorities on Saturday reported almost 60,000 Covid-related deaths in just over a month, the first major death count released by the government since the loosening of its virus restrictions in early December.<\/p>\n

China recorded 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.<\/p>\n

The figure refers only to deaths recorded at medical facilities, with the total count\u00a0likely to be higher.<\/p>\n

It includes 5,503 deaths caused by respiratory failure directly due to the virus, and 54,435 deaths caused by underlying diseases combined with Covid, Jiao said.<\/p>\n

China has been accused of underreporting its number of virus deaths since abandoning its zero-Covid policy in early December.<\/p>\n

Health officials insisted Wednesday it was “not necessary” to dwell on the exact number.<\/p>\n

Beijing had previously revised its methodology for categorising Covid fatalities, saying it would count only those who die specifically of respiratory failure caused by the virus.<\/p>\n

But this had been criticised by the World Health Organization, which said the new definition was “too narrow”.<\/p>\n

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had said the organisation was continuing to “ask China for more rapid, regular, reliable data on hospitalisation and deaths, as well as… viral sequencing”.<\/p>\n

On Saturday China’s health officials said the average age of those who died was 80.3 years old, with over 90 percent of fatalities above 65 years old.<\/p>\n

Most suffered from underlying conditions, they said. Millions of people over 60 years of age in China are unvaccinated.<\/p>\n

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)<\/i><\/p>\n

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