China reported on Tuesday that there were no new Covid-19-related deaths, even as the country is reportedly recording a massive spike in its daily cases, just a month after the Chinese government lifted nearly three years of lockdowns. . According to the National Health Commission, the total number of deaths in China due to the coronavirus is 5,241, Reuters reported.
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Here are the top 5 points in the rise of Covid-19 in China:
1. China reported 3,101 new symptomatic Covid-19 infections on Tuesday, up from 2,722 cases the day before. A total of 3,049 new local cases were recorded, 393 more compared to 2,656 infections on Monday. Currently, mainland China has confirmed a total of 386,276 cases with symptoms.
2. According to the National Health Commission, the country did not register new deaths related to Covid-19. On Monday, China saw five deaths from covid.
3. Several World Health Organization (WHO) advisers have said that it may be “too early to declare the end of the emergency phase of the Covid-19 pandemic due to a potentially devastating wave looming in China” reported Reuters.
4. A leading scientist, Eric Feigl-Ding, warned Monday that “more than 60 percent of China’s population and 10 percent of Earth’s population will likely be infected over the next 90 days” and that deaths “probably (will be) in the millions.”
5. Meanwhile, the United States has indicated that it is ready to help China with its growing outbreak of Covid-19. “We are prepared to continue to support countries around the world, including China, in this and other COVID-related health support,” US State Department spokesman Ned Price said at a daily news briefing. . “For us, this is not about politics, this is not about geopolitics,” he added.
(With agency contributions)
