The size and effects of the Covid wave in China have raised worries throughout the world.

As Beijing tried to downplay the seriousness of the outbreak across the nation, state media indicated that Covid infections have already peaked in many regions of China. International apprehension regarding the scope and effects of the Covid wave in China is the reason for this.

According to Health Times, a publication run by People's Daily, the official newspaper of the Communist Party, infections have been dropping in Beijing and other provinces as well. Even though China no longer publishes data on daily infections and now reports five or fewer fatalities each day following Beijing's stringent "zero-Covid" policy's abandonment after almost three years. The World Health Organization disputes the numbers (WHO).

The Covid wave may have peaked in many parts of the country, according to a Health Times compilation of data from local government officials and health specialists across China. According to the data, Henan's infection rate was about 90% as of January 6 and the province's clinic population peaked on December 19. According to the research, both Beijing and Chongqing, which had a peak in COVID cases on December 20, had peaked.

A senior health official told the government-run China Daily that it was still unknown what proportion of cases were severe. According to Wang Guiqiang, director of the infectious disease department at Peking University First Hospital, "it is still too early to draw any conclusions about the overall percentage of severe and critical Covid patients in China because different types of hospitals report different figures."