China’s coronavirus death rate in Wuhan is expected to go down soon due to the measures taken by the Chinese government to combat the virus, deputy head of the medical control department of China’s National Health Commission Jiao Yahui said during a press conference on Tuesday, APA reports.
"We believe that in the near future, we’ll be able to see the results [of the measures taken by the government to combat the coronavirus], and that the death rate in Wuhan will gradually decline," she said.
According to the official, the death rate in Wuhan has currently reached 4.9%, compared to 3.1% in the Hubei province and 0.16% in other regions of China.
The high death rate in Hubei and Wuhan came as a result of a lack of hospital beds for seriously ill persons. "Before, we used to treat severely ill patients in three specialized hospitals with just 110 hospital beds," Jiao Yahui stated. She added that the situation should improve after the construction of two designated hospitals in Wuhan.
The first 1,000-bed Chinese hospital built from scratch near Wuhan received its first patients on Tuesday morning. The second facility will be built within about 15 days.
Follow us on Telegram
t.me/apanewsaz
Follow us on Instagram
Follow us on TikTok
Follow us on Facebook
Follow us on X
UPDATED'>
