China: 90% of a province inhabitants infected with Covid-19

Nearly 90 percent of residents in Henan, one of China’s most populous provinces, have been infected with Covid-19, a regional health authority official said Monday.

China is facing an unprecedented rebound in the number of positive cases.

After three years of some of the most draconian restrictions in the world, China last month abruptly lifted most of its health measures against the coronavirus.

The number of patients has grown exponentially, while the health system finds itself overwhelmed with elderly patients and crematoriums appear overwhelmed by the influx of bodies.

China, which has 1.4 billion inhabitants, has recorded since the lifting of health restrictions in December only 30 deaths from Covid, despite an unprecedented wave of contamination in the country.