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FuTrackers has no way to verify this information and China has a history of undercounting disease cases/deaths.
Also, this number does not reflect people who died of COVID-19 related effects outside of medical facilities - like at-home deaths.
The National Health and Medical Commission reported the number of deaths in the past month
18:01, January 14, 2023
On the afternoon of January 14, the State Council’s Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism held a press conference with the theme of “Introducing the Health Protection of Key Populations”. From December 8, 2022 to January 12, 2023, a total of 59,938 deaths related to new coronavirus infection occurred in medical institutions across the country, including 5,503 deaths from respiratory failure caused by new coronavirus infection, and deaths from underlying diseases combined with new coronavirus infection
There were 54,435 cases, the average age of the dead cases was 80.3 years old, about 90.1% were 65 years old and over, of which about 56.5% were 80 years old and over, and more than 90% of the dead cases were combined with underlying diseases, mainly cardiovascular diseases, advanced tumors, cerebral palsy, etc. Vascular disease, respiratory system disease, metabolic disease and renal insufficiency, etc. shows a continuous downward trend after reaching the peak
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FuTrackers has no way to verify this information and China has a history of undercounting disease cases/deaths.
Also, this number does not reflect people who died of COVID-19 related effects outside of medical facilities - like at-home deaths.
The National Health and Medical Commission reported the number of deaths in the past month
18:01, January 14, 2023
On the afternoon of January 14, the State Council’s Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism held a press conference with the theme of “Introducing the Health Protection of Key Populations”. From December 8, 2022 to January 12, 2023, a total of 59,938 deaths related to new coronavirus infection occurred in medical institutions across the country, including 5,503 deaths from respiratory failure caused by new coronavirus infection, and deaths from underlying diseases combined with new coronavirus infection
There were 54,435 cases, the average age of the dead cases was 80.3 years old, about 90.1% were 65 years old and over, of which about 56.5% were 80 years old and over, and more than 90% of the dead cases were combined with underlying diseases, mainly cardiovascular diseases, advanced tumors, cerebral palsy, etc. Vascular disease, respiratory system disease, metabolic disease and renal insufficiency, etc. shows a continuous downward trend after reaching the peak
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