According to the leaked document, between December 1 and December 20, 248 million people reported Covid-19 positive, which is 17.65 percent of China's population.
Nearly 250 million people in China may have been affected by COVID-19 in just 20 days after the 'zero-COVID policy' was relaxed in the first week of the month, Radio Free Asia said, citing leaked government documents circulating on social media Can
According to a document leaked in a 20-minute meeting of China's National Health Commission, 248 million people were infected with Kovid-19 between December 1 and 20, which is 17.65 percent of China's population.
According to Radio Free Asia, the number of Covid cases released by the government officials on 20 December is different from the reality as it was estimated to be around 37 million.
A senior Chinese journalist told Radio Free Asia on Thursday that the document was genuine, and was leaked by someone attending the meeting who was acting deliberately and in the public interest.
Earlier on Saturday, mainland China reported 3,761 new cases of confirmed infections and no new deaths.
The report comes at a time when British-based health data firm Airfinity said infections in China are likely to exceed one million a day, with more than 5,000 deaths a day.
Airfinity's new modeling examines data from regional provinces in China. The current outbreak is progressing more rapidly in some areas than in others. Cases in Beijing and Guangdong are rising very fast right now.
In a statement, Airfinity said, "Using regional data trends, our team of epidemiologists estimate the first peak to be in areas where cases are currently rising and the second peak later in other Chinese provinces." "
The Airfinity model projects that the case rate could reach a peak of 3.7 million per day in January and 4.2 million per day in March 2023.
"China has stopped large-scale testing and is no longer reporting asymptomatic cases," said Dr Lewis Blair, Airfinity's head of vaccines and epidemiology. unlikely to be a true reflection of the outbreak."
"China has also changed the way it records COVID-19 deaths, only including those who die of respiratory failure or pneumonia after testing positive. This is different from other countries that record a positive test or where recording deaths within the time frame of COVID-19 is attributed to the cause of death. This change may underestimate the range of deaths observed in China." (ANI)
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