In China, the first deaths of COVID-19 have been reported in the past year

Two deaths from COVID-19 have been reported in China, the first after a year in which the disease had not officially caused deaths. According to information released by the national health commission, the people who died lived in the north-eastern province of Jilin, where travel restrictions have been introduced in the last week due to the growth of infections. According to local authorities, one of the dead was an elderly man of unspecified age, the other was over 60. Covid has aggravated their health, already compromised by other diseases. 3,844 new infections were found in China on Saturday, most of…