BEIJING: China's health authorities on Saturday reported almost 60,000 coronavirus-related deaths in just over a month, the first major death toll released by the government since loosening its Covid-19 restrictions in early December.
Coronavirus patients receive dextrose intravenously at a waiting area inside Fengyang People's Hospital in Fengyang county, Anhui province, eastern China on Jan. 5, 2023. AFP PHOTO
BEIJING: China's health authorities on Saturday reported almost 60,000 coronavirus-related deaths in just over a month, the first major death toll released by the government since loosening its Covid-19 restrictions in early December.