Prognosis
China Says Covid Deaths Top 12,600 and More Than 1 Billion Infected
- Real death toll likely much higher given scale of the outbreak
- WHO has urged China to release more detailed Covid information
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China said its Covid-related death toll topped more than 12,600 in the week before the Lunar New Year holiday, while a top health official suggested more than 1.1 billion people had been infected since virus controls were abruptly dismantled late last year.
There were 12,658 Covid-linked deaths at hospitals between Jan. 13-19, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement dated Saturday. A week earlier, the country reported 59,938 such deaths for the period Dec. 8-Jan. 12.