As China battles an unprecedented COVID surge, nearly 90 percent of Henan — the third most populous province — have now been infected with the virus, a top health official said.
As China battles an unprecedented COVID surge, nearly 90% of Henan — the third most populous province — has now been infected with the virus, a top health official said Monday.
Kan Quancheng, the director of the health commission for central Henan province, said that as of Jan. 6, the infection rate was 89%. With Henan’s population being about 99.4 million, the data would suggest that 88.5 million residents have now been positive for COVID.“zero-COVID” policiesAfter that surge late last month, the number of COVID cases “showed a continuous downward trend,” Kan said during a press conference Monday.
The data from Henan is vastly different from the COVID figures China’s central government has shared since the start of December. According to officials, only 120,000 people out of 1.4 billion have been infected, and onlyData would suggest that 88.5 million residents have now tested positive for COVID-19.
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