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China says peak Covid-19 infections exceeded 7 million daily, deaths more than 4,000 daily

People aim to burst balloons with toy guns at a stall along the Yangtze River in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province, on Jan 22, 2023.

People aim to burst balloons with toy guns at a stall along the Yangtze River in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province, on Jan 22, 2023.

China's daily new Covid-19 infections hit a peak of more than 7 million per day around Dec 22, while deaths reached a daily peak of more than 4,000 on Jan 4, the country's Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday (Jan 25)
The figures, published on the centre's website, come after a prominent government scientist said over the weekend that 80 per cent of China's 1.4 billion population have already been infected, making the possibility of a big Covid-19 rebound over the next two or three months remote
China has passed the peak of Covid-19 patients in fever clinics, emergency rooms and with critical conditions, a National Health Commission official said last week
Nearly 60,000 people with Covid-19 had died in hospital as of Jan 12, roughly a month after China abruptly dismantled its strict zero-Covid policy, according to government data

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