China has kept its Covid-19 death toll at a little over 5,000, despite funeral homes across the country reportedly overflowing amid an increase in virus cases. Chinese doctors have been asked to avoid listing Covid-19 as a cause of death, NTD reported.

A doctor at a hospital in Beijing was asked to not report Covid-19 as the primary cause of death, NTD reported citing The New York Times. A group chat conversation has asked doctors to not list the Covid-19 virus as the cause of death, as per the NTD report.