On Friday, 143 people died in China who were found to have the COVID-19 coronavirus, which increases the total death toll to 1523, the National Health and Hygiene Committee said on Saturday. 2641 new coronavirus infections were reported on this day.
The Chinese authorities emphasize that the dynamics of the epidemic's development slightly weakened, last week the number of new infections exceeded 3,000. daily.
After considering data for Friday, the Health and Hygiene Committee announced that the total number of people infected with the virus in China is 66,492. The number of cured has reached 8,096 cases, an increase of 1,473 people compared to Thursday figures. The mortality rate from coronavirus infection is 2.29 percent. For comparison, the mortality rate among people who developed severe SARS pneumonia after U04 infection at the turn of 2002 and 2003 was 9.6 percent.
A province cut off from the world
The coronavirus collects the largest harvest in the Hubei province in central China, which has been isolated from the rest of the country for several weeks. On Friday, 139 people died out of 143 in all of China. The province also had the lion's share of infections registered on Friday, as many as 2420. In the entire region the presence of the virus was confirmed in 54 406 people. The number of deaths per Hubei province is 1,457. The mortality rate for Hubei increased from 2.53%. according to data from Friday morning to 2.67 percent on Saturday morning after including deaths in the last 24 hours. The Chinese authorities are trying to limit the spread of the virus by various administrative methods using the army and police. Hubei Province is cut off from the rest of the world. On Friday, the PRC authorities decided that anyone returning to Beijing from the extended Chinese New Year holidays will have to undergo a 14-day observation at home or quarantine center to prevent the spread of coronavirus. People who fail to comply with this obligation will face legal consequences - a statement from the Beijing office of the leadership group for the prevention of coronavirus epidemics. In a number of cities and regions, apart from the primary epidemic focus, so-called closed management, which requires strict control of persons entering and leaving housing estates, villages, office buildings and other buildings. In some agglomerations, the possibility of leaving homes was significantly reduced. The Chinese authorities ensure that they will be able to control the epidemic and also achieve the economic and social goals set for the current year. according to preliminary data, China's economic growth rate has fallen from 6% to less than 4 percent in just six weeks of the outbreak
