Covid Is Spreading Rapidly in China, New Signs Suggest

NYT WORLD: Covid Is Spreading Rapidly in China, New Signs Suggest
By Chang Che
Section: World
Source: New York Times
Published Date: December 25, 2022 at 02:00AM

Even as official figures from the central government remain low, regional numbers point to explosive outbreaks and overstretched health care systems.

And in northwestern Shaanxi Province, officials in Yulin, a city of roughly 3.6 million people, logged 157,000 infected on Friday, with models estimating that more than a third of the city’s population had already been infected, according to local media.
These numbers contrast sharply with those from China’s national health commission, which on Friday reported about 4,000 Covid cases for the entire country. It’s also a contrast with the picture the ruling Communist Party has presented since its abrupt about-face on Covid policy in early December. Health experts and state media outlets have downplayed Covid’s severity, focusing on stories of recovery rather than of severe illness. The result has been a one-sided presentation of an outbreak that some experts believe could cause over a million deaths in the coming few months.

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