China Covid-19 deaths drop 72% in a week as wave eases

Bloomberg

China’s weekly Covid deaths in hospitals slumped to less than 1,000 as the record wave of
infections that rippled through the country following the abandonment of Covid Zero abates.
There were 912 fatalities linked to Covid at hospitals between February 3 and February 9, down from 3,278 a week earlier, according to a report from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. In the latest tally, 27 people died from respiratory failure and 885 died from other underlying diseases while infected with Covid.
Official figures show a continued, rapid decline in deaths since the chaotic early days of China’s pivot away from Covid Zero that saw crematoriums overwhelmed and residents struggling to get medical care.