Beijing says severe Covid19 cases down 70% from peak

Critically ill COVID-19 cases in China were down 72% from a peak early this month and daily deaths among COVID-19 patients in hospitals dropped 79% from their peak, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday.

The CDC said the number of critically ill patients in China peaked on Jan. 4 at 128,000 cases and fell to 36,000 cases by Jan. 23.

The number of deaths in hospitals, meanwhile, reached a daily peak of 4,273 on Jan. 4 and fell to 896 by Jan. 23. Visits to fever clinics fell 96.2%, from a peak of 2.867 million on Dec. 22 to 110,000 on Jan. 23.