China’s COVID-19 positivity rate has exceeded 20 percent for the first time this year, which experts say will likely lead to a high epidemic level. Meanwhile, Chinese doctors and residents posted on social media and told The Epoch Times that hospitals have been packed with patients, creating a shortage of medicine for COVID-19.
The test positivity rate for COVID-19 continued to rise during Week 30 (July 20–26) of 2026, according to the latest national sentinel surveillance data for acute respiratory infectious diseases released by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention on July 30.
The rate reached 20.3 percent in respiratory samples from patients with influenza-like illness at sentinel hospitals nationwide, 4 percentage points higher than the previous week. The figure doubled in three weeks, from 9.6 percent in Week 27. …
China’s COVID-19 Positivity Rate Exceeds 20 Percent; Hospitals Overcrowded With Patients: Doctors
