China Reports 60,000 COVID Deaths Since Last Month

The Associated Press reports:

China on Saturday reported nearly 60,000 deaths in people who had COVID-19 since early December following complaints it was failing to release data, and said the “emergency peak” of its latest surge appears to have passed.

The toll included 5,503 deaths due to respiratory failure caused by COVID-19 and 54,435 fatalities from other ailments combined with COVID-19. The report would more than double China’s official COVID-19 death toll to 10,775 since the disease was first detected in the central city of Wuhan in late 2019.

The average age of people who died since Dec. 8 is 80.3 years and 90.1% are aged 65 and above, according to the Health Commission. It said more than 90% of people who died had cancer, heart or lung diseases or kidney problems.

Read the full article. Experts outside China believe the actual death toll to be much higher. Recent satellite photos showed overwhelmed crematoriums and funeral homes.

BREAKING: China has reported nearly 60,000 deaths in people who had COVID-19 since early December following complaints the government was failing to release data about the status of the pandemic. https://t.co/cPbidkytXU

— The Associated Press (@AP) January 14, 2023