China reports two COVID deaths for Jan. 7

BEIJING (Reuters) – China reported two new COVID-19 deaths in the mainland for Jan. 7, compared with three deaths a day earlier, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention said on Sunday.

That brings the official death toll to 5,269.

(Reporting by Yingzhi Yang and Brenda Goh; Editing by William Mallard)

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