Sharjah24 - Reuters: The Chinese Institute for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Sunday that 98 COVID-related deaths occurred in Chinese hospitals between February 10 and 16.
The death toll has dropped sharply from a daily peak of 4,273 on Jan. 4 to six on Thursday, added the statement.
It also said that all cases since December were caused by Omicron variants, with 60% from the BA.5.2.48 strain and almost 29% from the BF.7.14.
It has also identified 15 local variant strains "of key concern" including one case of XBB.1 and one case of XBB.1.5.
Other variants of concern were BQ strains.
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