The huge jump comes as officials change the way they diagnose cases. FMTNews Hubei Covid19
BEIJING: The number of fatalities and new cases from China’s coronavirus outbreak soared on Thursday, with 242 more deaths and nearly 15,000 extra patients in hard-hit Hubei province as authorities changed their threshold for diagnosis.
In its daily update, Hubei’s health commission confirmed another 14,840 new cases in the central province, where the outbreak emerged in December.In a statement, the Hubei health commission said it would now include cases that were “clinically diagnosed” in its official toll. Of the dramatic jump in figures Thursday, it said the new classification accounted for 13,332 of the cases and just over half the new death toll.
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