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Between January 13 and 19, China reported nearly 13,000 Covid-related deaths in hospitals, after a top health official stated that the vast majority of the population had already been infected, AFP said in a report. The death toll came a week after China said nearly 60,000 people had died with Covid in hospitals in just over a month – but official data has been widely questioned since Beijing abruptly removed anti-virus controls last month. According to a statement issued by China’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Saturday, 681 hospitalised patients died of respiratory failure caused by coronavirus...
