Death toll only of those who died in hospital and true figure likely to be higher, although authorities say peak has passed in most areas
Almost 60,000 people have died of Covid in China in the past five weeks, authorities have announced.
China is in the grip of a major wave of the virus after abruptly lifting its zero-Covid policy restrictions in December, with some major cities estimating between 70% and 90% of their populations have been infected.
