The striking news – China reported only two COVID deaths for all of 2021, the last on January 25 – comes as the country battles its most widespread outbreak to date.
deaths in more than a year on Saturday, March 19, according to a post on the National Health Commission’s website that said two people died in the northeastern region of Jilin.
Jilin, bordering North Korea and Russia, is at the heart of the current wave, with case numbers make up over two thirds of total domestic infections. Of the new cases, 2,157 were locally transmitted, compared with 2,388 a day earlier, with 78% appearing in Jilin and others found in the southeastern province of Fujian and the southern province of Guangdong among others.
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