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Wuhan, the capital of China’s Hubei province, today revised the number of people who died of nCoV there from 2,579 to 3,869, an increase of 1,290 cases.
The Wuhan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the Covid-19 epidemic center in China, held a press conference saying the city recorded 3,869 deaths from nCoV, an increase of 1,290 people compared to reported data. Previously, the equivalent increased by 50%.
The number of cases was also adjusted, increasing from 50,008 to 50,333, an increase of 325 cases. The data was released after citywide inspections and verifications beginning April 16.
The Wuhan Health Authority cited four reasons for this review, including unreported deaths in the home due to inadequate treatment in the early stages of the epidemic; late report, confusion or non-report of an overloaded hospital; mix of health organizations, including those run by private companies or many field hospitals, without timely reporting of deaths; and without registration of death.
Medical staff treat critically ill Covid-19 patients at Red Cross Hospital in Wuhan, China on March 1. Photos: AFP.
“All the statistics on the Covid-19 pandemic not only represent the safety of life and physical health of people, but also relate to the public trust of government agencies,” the agency said. This official said. “The faster we can adjust the number of deaths and infections, the more we can protect everyone’s interests by making scientific decisions about pandemic control and prevention.”
With recently revised data, Mainland China now records 82,692 infections and 4,632 nCoV deaths.
On April 1, United States President Donald Trump expressed doubts that the Covid-19 data in China was inferior to reality after the US intelligence community. USA Send a report to the White House, which said that China did not intentionally publish. Complete number of nCoV infections and deaths. However, the United States’ national security adviser Robert O’Brien said Washington could not confirm the Beijing figures.
As of Wuhan in December 2019, Covid-19 appeared in 210 countries and territories, causing nearly 2.2 million infections and more than 145,000 deaths. China claims to be almost under control, while a complex disease outbreak in the US USA And many European countries, devastating the world economy.
Wuhan, a city of 11 million people, has been severely blocked since January 23 to prevent the spread of the disease and only rose on Wednesday. However, preventive measures such as masks, body temperature tests, and exposure restrictions will apply here.
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