NSTworld China has revised its official count of deaths from the Covid19 coronavirus, adding some 1,290 deaths in Wuhan.
The addition, reported by state media on Friday, brings the nationwide death toll to 4,636, the majority coming from Hubei province, where Wuhan is located.
Secondly, there was late and incomplete reporting due to medical workers and institutions being occupied by treating patients during the epidemic. Another factor was that designated hospitals to treat patients were expanded to institutions at the municipal and district level, including private hospitals, and not all were connected to and feeding timely information to the central epidemic network, Xinhua reported.
Still, China’s move is likely to fuel speculation about the accuracy of its data, which has been questioned by US President Donald Trump. American intelligence officials have concluded that China concealed the extent of its outbreak and under-reported number of cases and deaths.
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