Most of the fatalities were in the provincial capital Wuhan, where the virus first emerged. FMTNews Wuhan Hubei Coronavirus Covid19
More than 74,500 people have now been infected with the new coronavirus across China.
BEIJING: The death toll from China’s new coronavirus epidemic jumped to 2,112 on Thursday after 108 more people died in Hubei province, the hard-hit epicentre of the outbreak. Most of the deaths were in the provincial capital Wuhan, where the virus first emerged in December, according to the daily update from the Hubei health commission.Hubei health officials said there had been 615 new cases in Wuhan and 13 more elsewhere in the province.
However, the Hubei health commission said it was reducing the number of previously reported cases in a number of cities in the province by 279.Even without the adjustment, the number of new cases was sharply lower than the daily updates of recent weeks. On Wednesday, there were 1,693 new cases reported in the province.Subscribe to our newsletter and get news delivered to your mailbox.
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