China is likely seeing over a million COVID cases and 5,000 deaths a day, report says. But Beijing’s official data is showing 7 deaths so far this week – By Huileng Tan (Business Insider) / Dec 23, 2022
- China is likely seeing over 1 million infections and 5,000 deaths a day from COVID-19, per Airfinity data.
- China has officially reported 14,285 cases and just seven deaths so far this week.
- Beijing has also changed the way it records COVID-19 deaths, which may cause the low official count.
More than 5,000 people are likely dying from COVID-19 in China each day — in stark contrast to Beijing’s official count of just seven deaths in the past week, according to Airfinity, a health data company.
Airfinity’s data modelling shows China is likely seeing over 1 million COVID cases a day, in what it called a “stark contrast” to official figures, per a press release on Wednesday.
The staggering estimates were released just as China’s seeing a surge in COVID-19 cases, after the country loosened pandemic restrictions following nearly three years of strict containment measures.
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