Authorities say the death toll has peaked, and there's been no case spike during Lunar New Year.
Fears that the virus could surge again during the festive period have also not yet been realised.
It also reported a sharp decline in the daily Covid death toll reported by hospitals - from a peak of 4,300 deaths on 4 January to 896 deaths on 23 January. One of China's leading epidemiologists - and former head of the CDC - Zeng Guang had earlier this month warned that, as the virus spread from big cities to more remote areas with older populations.It's estimated that 226 million passenger trips were taken during the Lunar New Year festive season from 22-27 January - a 70% increase from last year when pandemic restrictions were still in place across many parts of China.
That led to a severe spike in Covid infections and deaths, with some experts estimating a majority of the population contracted Covid in the weeks following.900 million people in China had been infected with the coronavirusHowever, Chinese authorities initially maintained that there had only been seven deaths since the end of zero-Covid on 7 December, after narrowing its definition of what counts as a Covid death.
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