Beijing finally reported nearly 60,000 coronavirus deaths since Dec. 8 and after reporting nearly none since a surge hit in October and after it lifted lockdown restrictions.
that helped keep cases numbers low for a while but didn’t allow people to leave there home at all and sparked protests.
Those rules were suddenly eased in early December after some of the largest shows of public dissent against the ruling Communist Party in more than 30 years. In the recent update, the Heath Commission said the average age of those who had died was 80 and 90% were over 65 years old with 90% having an underlying health issues.
On early, December, Beijing stopped reporting on deaths following an October surge in cases and local reports that millions of people could be infected across the country.
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