Estimate of COVID-19 Deaths, China, December 2022–February 2023
Zhanwei Du, Yuchen Wang, Yuan Bai, Lin Wang, Benjamin J. Cowling, Lauren Ancel Meyers
Abstract
China announced a slight easing of its zero-COVID rules on November 11, 2022, and then a major relaxation on December 7, 2022. We estimate that the ensuing wave of SARS-CoV-2 infections caused 1.41 million deaths in China during December 2022-February 2023, substantially higher than that reported through official channels.
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)ChinaSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakMedicineBetacoronavirusVirologyDemographyEnvironmental healthGeographyInternal medicineOutbreakInfectious disease (medical specialty)DiseaseSociologyArchaeologyCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesCOVID-19 Pandemic ImpactsCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies