China To Stop Reporting Daily COVID Case Figures

The Daily Beast reports:

China’s National Health Commission announced that it will cease publishing national daily COVID-19 case figures amid a surge of infections. Earlier this month, China loosened its stringent “zero-COVID” policy after mass protests.

Although the country has narrowed its definition of a COVID death and reported fewer than 10 deaths in the past two weeks, a health data firm estimated that there are, in fact, 5,000 people dying of the virus daily.

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The Guardian reported that although the country has narrowed its definition of a COVID death and reported fewer than 10 deaths in the past two weeks, a health data firm estimated that there are, in fact, 5,000 people dying of the virus daily.https://t.co/Csmy9bHAyo

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) December 25, 2022

China’s Zhejiang has 1 mln daily COVID cases, expected to double https://t.co/kW0zW7GjxU pic.twitter.com/nj76qIHnPm

— Reuters (@Reuters) December 25, 2022