China reports first Covid-19 deaths in more than a year | Malay Mail

SHANGHAI, March 19 — Mainland China reported its first Covid-19 deaths in more than a year today, 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 per cent appearing in Jilin and others found in the southeastern province of Fujian and the southern province of Guangdong among others.

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