China reports two COVID deaths for Jan. 7

FILE PHOTO: A medical worker checks the IV drip treatment of a patient lying on a bed in the emergency department of a hospital, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China, January 5, 2023. REUTERS/Staff

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)