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China estimates COVID surge is infecting 37 million people a day

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23 Dec 2022 18:30 PM

A pandemic prevention worker records personal details of people as they line up to get swab tests at a testing booth as outbreaks of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continue in Beijing, China, November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

Nearly 37 million people in China may have been infected with COVID-19 on a single day this week, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing estimates from the government's top health authority.

About 248 million people, which is nearly 18% of the population, are likely to have contracted the virus in the first 20 days of December, the report said, citing minutes from an internal meeting of China's National Health Commission held on Wednesday, reports Reuters.

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