China's Henan province announces COVID-19 infection rate of 89%

At a press conference held on January 9th, officials in China's Henan Province announced that the infection rate of the COVID-19 virus in the province had reached 89%.

A representative of the provincial Health Commission said that as of January 6th, according to data compiled by the authorities, "the COVID-19 virus infection rate across Henan was 89%, 89.1% in urban areas and 88.9% in rural areas. reached," and revealed, "At this stage, the Omicron variant BA.5.2 is still the mainstream."

As of the 7th, the general bed occupancy rate of level 2 and above hospitals across the province was 94.95%, and the bed occupancy rate for critically ill patients was 82.35%.

The number of fever outpatient visits in Henan Province peaked on December 19th, 2022, and has continued to decline since then. Experts believe that the province has already passed the peak of infections and that the number of new cases in the province will remain low until the end of this month.