Headline Roundup • April 17th, 2020
Wuhan Death Toll Raised by 50% as China Admits Mistakes
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BBC News
The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus originated last year, has raised its official Covid-19 death toll by 50%, adding 1,290 fatalities.
Wuhan officials attributed the new figure to updated reporting and deaths outside hospitals. China has insisted there was no cover-up.
It has been accused of downplaying the severity of its virus outbreak.
Wuhan's 11 million residents spent months in strict lockdown conditions, which have only recently been eased.
The latest official figures bring the death toll in the city in China's central Hubei province to 3,869, increasing...
The death toll from the coronavirus surged by 50% in Wuhan, the city where the health crisis first emerged, after Chinese health authorities announced revised numbers.
The number of deaths increased from 1,290 to 3,869, according to a notice from Wuhan officials published by China’s Xinhua News Agency on Friday. The new figure puts the death toll in China at 4,632.
The death toll was revised to include people who had died at home and to correct misreporting by hospitals bombarded with patients, Wuhan officials said. The officials said they...
The Guardian
China’s economy shrank 6.8% in the three months of 2020, the country’s first such contraction on record and a stark sign of the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
The news came as Chinese authorities revised the death toll in Wuhan, the hardest hit city and where the virus first emerged, up by 50%, to 3,869 from 2,579.
Citing the number of patients who had died at home before reaching hospital, as well as late and inaccurate reporting, the city’s task force on virus prevention and control said: “Every loss...
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