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The total number of deaths from coronavirus in Wuhan has increased by 1,290, an increase of 50%.
According to the latest figures, 3,869 people are known to have died from COVID-19 in the Chinese city, the epicenter of the outbreak.
An illustration of the structure of the coronavirus.
Earlier this month, Wuhan lifted a blockade that had paralyzed the city of 11 million for more than two months in a drastic effort to contain the virus.
However, more than two million cases of the disease have now been reported worldwide and dozens of countries are locked up.
More than 137,000 people have died, according to a count by Johns Hopkins University.
Wuhan said this new death toll figure is due to incorrect reports, delays and omissions.
China has strongly denied claims that it delayed reports of the virus outbreak in Wuhan late last year and the numbers of cases that were not reported, worsening the impact on the US. USA And other countries.
It comes when figures show China suffered its worst economic contraction since at least since the 1970s in the first quarter when it battled the coronavirus.
Weak consumer spending and manufacturing activity also suggest that the country is facing a longer and harder recovery than initially expected.
The world’s second-largest economy contracted 6.8% from a year earlier in the three months ending in March after factories, stores and travel closed to contain the infection, according to official data.
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