New information from the Hubei province of China, where the recent outbreak of COVID-19 is alleged to have started, is claiming 14,840 new confirmed cases and 242 new deaths as a result of the virus.
At the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in China's Hubei province, health officials reported 14,840 new cases of the virus and 242 new deaths related to the infection according to CNBC. In Wuhan, where the latest outbreak of the coronavirus is alleged to have begun, over 33,000 patients are still hospitalized with many listed as critically ill.
Under a new plan for treatment of the virus, the General Office of the National Health and Health Commission and the Office of State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine have added clinical diagnoses to their patient classifications"so that patients can receive standardized treatment according to confirmed cases as early as possible to further improve the success rate of treatment," said a Wednesday news release.
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