China reports nearly 13,000 Covid deaths over last week

In this file photo taken on January 5, 2023, patients with Covid-19 coronavirus rest in beds at Fengyang People's Hospital in Fengyang County in east China's Anhui Province. PHOTO | AFP

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  • China a week earlier said nearly 60,000 people had died with Covid in hospitals as of January 12, but there has been widespread scepticism over official data since Beijing abruptly axed anti-virus controls last month.