Chinese Cities Reveal Covid Cases That Far Exceed National Tally - National Government denies - December 29, 2022

[Shiloh]

Source: https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/chinese...ases-that-far-exceed-national-tally-1.1863122

Chinese Cities Reveal Covid Cases That Far Exceed National Tally
Bloomberg News, Bloomberg News
3h ago

(Bloomberg) -- Two Chinese cities reported daily Covid cases that far surpassed the official national tally, in another illustration of the unreliability of data in a country grappling with infections after abruptly ending Covid Zero.

The city of Dongguan in the southern province of Guangdong has 250,000 to 300,000 people being infected on a daily basis, the city’s health commission said on its WeChat account Friday, citing model-based estimates and expert assessments. The manufacturing hub had a population of about 10.5 million as of 2021.

Qingdao city in the eastern province of Shandong is seeing 490,000 to 530,000 daily cases based on data projections, according to a local newspaper report on Friday, citing the head of the city’s health commission. Covid cases have yet to peak in the city of some 10.3 million residents, the official said.

These local estimates show a huge discrepancy with the official tally of only 4,103 cases reported for China for Dec. 23. It also underscores the inaccuracy of government data, and points to the enormous challenge facing the country after its rapid relaxation of Covid rules.

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[etudiant]

The Chinese leadership must have known that the decision to relax would lead to a huge spike in cases.
Has anyone modeled this on an accessible site? Based on the current unofficial reporting rates, it might reach 500 million in 2023. That seems systemically threatening.

 

[sharon sanders]

Please see:

China - Controversy about the counting of COVID-19 cases 2020+

China - Doctor, 32, died of COVID-19 after isolating alone at home, Sichuan province - December 24, 2022

China - "Qingdao: About 500,000 new infections are added every day", Shandong province - December 24, 2022

 

[sharon sanders]

See post #44 in the first thread below.

 

[sharon sanders]

Government media.

China upholds truth, openness in disclosing information on COVID-19 deaths: NHC officials
By Global Times
Published: Dec 29, 2022 11:49 PM


In response to rumors that China's COVID-19 death toll is understated, experts and officials from China's health authorities said that China has insisted on the principle of truth and openness in disclosing information on deaths and severe cases for COVID-19 and will uphold the principle. They also said that its current standards for identifying COVID-19 fatality are scientific and in line with international norms.

From a public health perspective, it is difficult to accurately assess the death rate during the early stages of an epidemic; however, when this period has passed, an accurate assessment can be made. China's present top priority is to prevent severe cases and fatalities, said Liang Wannian, head of China's COVID-19 response expert panel under the National Health Commission (NHC).

Liang made the remarks during an interview with the media together with other analysts on Friday. Recently, some western media have hyped China's epidemic situation, especially after the country announced on Monday that the management of COVID-19 will be downgraded from Class A to Class B from January 8.

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