The most puzzling aspect of #Covid is its reluctance to infect Chinese since April 2020. Of the 87000 cases China has reported so far 68000+ have been in Hubei province which got it first. Rest of China with a population of 1330 million has reported a total of <19000 cases.Thread
Beijing with population of 21 million has reported 961 cases and 9 deaths. Shanghai with population of 24 million has reported 1447 cases and 7 deaths. Chongqing with a population of 15 million says they hv had 560 cases and 6 deaths.
And Tianjin with 13 million people has reported 304 cases and 3 deaths. So the 4 largest cities of China with a combined population of 73 million have together reported 3272 cases with 25 deaths. Even a city state like Singapore had recorded more deaths (29)
despite their strict control measures and a population of just 6 million. While Hubei province which was hit first in China had a death rate of 6%, the rest of China has a death rate from #COVID19 of 0.64%. Cities in China are crowded/congested &hygiene is far from ideal.
Healthcare facilities outside the big cities are not as good as in Western countries and it appears almost unbelievable that the same mask wearing, hand washing and social distancing that did not fully prevent outbreaks in most other countries has spared the big cities of China.