According to officials with the National Health Commission, the number of people with a fever was reduced by 94 percent and the number of those seeking treatment to clinics and emergency services by 44 percent.
Likewise, the country saw a 44.3 percent drop in hospital admissions due to Covid-19.
Commission members also assured that no cases of infection with the XAY.2 variant of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus have been detected in China, but they remain vigilant to continue relevant measures and prevent its spread throughout the national territory.
XAY.2 is a combination of Delta and Omicron subvariants that were first identified in South Africa last year and are currently present in nearly a dozen nations around the world.
On the 8th, China abolished mandatory quarantines for incoming passengers, normalized passport issuance and resumed visa issuance, moving away from the strict zero-Covid-19 policy and beginning to live with SARS-CoV-2 . .
But since last December it has seen the worst outbreak of the disease, with a tally of millions infected daily, rising deaths and saturation of services in hospitals, funeral homes and crematoria.
Its authorities on Saturday confirmed the deaths of 59,938 people, with an average age of 80, of whom 5,503 died from respiratory problems and the rest from other conditions made worse by infection with the virus.
Although the exact number of patients is still unknown, a scientific study shared on social media showed that 64 percent of the population was infected in the current outbreak.
Epidemiologists are forecasting two more waves between this month and March, with the consequent rise in the number of infected, dead and hospitalized due to the massive displacements for the Lunar New Year holiday.
The government is accelerating the vaccination and qualification of rural hospitals with the equipment, medicines and other resources needed to treat the pathology, as they will be the most vulnerable while transmission of the coronavirus continues.
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