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Latest Covid-19 outbreak has peaked with 164 deaths, China CDC says

  • Most severe cases and deaths were among the elderly population, according to health authorities
  • More than 90 per cent of deaths were caused by underlying conditions combined with Covid

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China’s latest Covid-19 wave has peaked with nearly 2,800 severe cases and 164 deaths – much lower than during the winter surge, according to health authorities.
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Most serious illness and deaths were among the elderly population, the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report on the Covid-19 situation in China published on Sunday.

It said the average age of those who died was 79.3, and more than 90 per cent of those deaths were caused by underlying conditions combined with Covid.

Some 83,150 people died from Covid-related illness from mid-December to early February, according to previous China CDC reports.

The China CDC did not give case numbers for the latest outbreak. But UK-based health data firm Airfinity had estimated that the wave would peak at the beginning of June at around 11 million cases per week, with a total of 112 million people infected.

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In the report, the China CDC said its data showed infections had been sporadic and localised from February to early April. The numbers began to rise in late April then slowed down in late May.

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