China’s official figures show that the total number of hospital admissions in the country dropped by 35.83 million in 2020.
In late 2019, a sudden outbreak of COVID-19 quietly spread in Wuhan, China. It’s possible there is a connection.
A doctor looks at an ultrasound image as he checks a patient with COVID-19 at the Wuhan Red Cross Hospital in Wuhan, Hubei Province on Feb. 16, 2020. STR/AFP via Getty Images
