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SHANGHAI, China – China said on Saturday, January 14, that nearly 60,000 people with COVID-19 had died in hospital since it abandoned itslast month, a huge increase from previously reported figures that follows global criticism of the country’s coronavirus data.
Of those fatalities, 5,503 were caused by respiratory failure due to COVID-19 and the remainder resulted from a combination of COVID-19 and other diseases, she said. On Saturday, Jiao said China divides COVID-related deaths between those from respiratory failure due to coronavirus infection and those from underlying disease combined with coronavirus infection.
However, he said, it was unclear whether the new data accurately reflects actual fatalities because doctors are discouraged from reporting COVID-related deaths and the numbers include only deaths in hospitals.
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