Even if testing completely stopped, presumably an over-strained health system would be obvious and almost impossible to hide.
I can see why people are extremely resistant to believing anything the Chinese government says, but there seem to be indicators that don't rely on their statements.
Because I certainly don't know it, and there isn't anybody around here talking about this for some reason (and ok, even if there were, it would be hard to know if they are reliable - and yes, the entire world knows the reason, China prohibited talking about it).
I can see why people are extremely resistant to believing anything the Chinese government says, but there seem to be indicators that don't rely on their statements.