China’s largest city has ordered its schools to return to online classes amid a spike in COVID-19 cases.
Despite the rise in COVID-19, Chinas has not recorded a coronavirus death since Dec. 4.The bureau also announced childcare centers and nurseries will shut down.China initially began lifting COVID-19 restrictions after public backlash.The agency’s director, Christopher Murray, said that cases would peak around April 1 when deaths are expected to reach 322,000.
So far, China has reported just 5,235 deaths since the start of the pandemic, but Murray suggested the nation’s deaths have been underreported. “China has since the original Wuhan outbreak barely reported any deaths. That is why we looked to Hong Kong to get an idea of the infection fatality rate,” Murray said Friday.
In comparison, the UK has had more than 200,000 deaths and Italy has reported over 180,000 deaths. More than 1.1 million Americans have died from the virus.
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