China on Saturday reported nearly 60,000 deaths among people who had COVID-19 since early December, saying the “emergency peak” of its latest surge appears to have passed, The Associated Press reported.
The toll included 5,503 deaths due to respiratory failure caused by COVID-19 and 54,435 fatalities from other ailments combined with COVID-19 since December 8, the National Health Commission announced. It said those “deaths related to COVID” occurred in hospitals, which left open the possibility more people also might have died at home.
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