China Reports First 2 Covid Deaths In More Than A Year

Saturday, 19 March 2022Newsdesk

China reported two Covid-19 deaths on Saturday, its first in more than a year, underlining the threat posed by an Omicron outbreak that has triggered the country's highest case count since the pandemic's onset.

New Delhi, 19 March 2022

As per news report of NDTV,The National Health Commission said both deaths occurred in Jilin, the northeastern province which has been hardest hit by a nationwide rise in cases that has prompted lockdowns or tight restrictions in several cities.The deaths were the first reported in mainland China since January 2021, and bring the country's death toll from the pandemic to 4,638.China reported 4,051 new infections on Saturday, down from 4,365 the day before, the health commission said, with more than half of the new cases in Jilin.Beijing's communist leadership has touted the low death rate relative to other countries as evidence of the strength of its one-party governance model.The two new deaths were buried in the health commission's daily report, and state-controlled media made little mention of them.

Source - NDTV