China Just Added 1,290 COVID-19 Deaths In Wuhan, Bringing Total To 4,632 In Epicentre
COVID-19, the pandemic that started in a small fish market in Wuhan, Hubei Province in China has now spread across the world, halting everything in its way. The disease that broke in China didn¡¯t do as much destruction as it has done today globally. However, recent reports have revealed that China forgot to add 1,290 deaths caused by COVID-19 to its official death count (with 325 infected cases). The new tally brings the total death count in the ...Read More
COVID-19, the pandemic that started in a small market in Wuhan, Hubei Province in China has now spread across the world, halting everything in its way.
The disease that broke in China late last year has now gone on to claim more lives across the world, and we're still counting the toll.
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However, recent reports have revealed that China forgot to add 1,290 deaths caused by COVID-19 to its official death count (with 325 infected cases).
The new tally brings the total death count in the country to 4,632, with the total infected cases standing at 82,695 as of now. The new death numbers are from Wuhan, which is a 50 percent increase from its previous death toll.
Before the inclusion of updated death number from Wuhan, China reported 3,342 deaths nationally.
This was first reported by CNN, and while it might seem shocking, it isn¡¯t surprising, considering China isn¡¯t always open about its information to the world. The aftermath of COVID-19 in the US, Italy and other nations compared to what happened in the place the disease broke, the numbers didn¡¯t seem to add up.
After a ton of criticism from the rest of the world, towards the transparency of the data for COVID, 19, China revised its numbers.
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According to the Chinese officials, the death was unaccounted for, as many people died at their homes in early stages of the pandemic -- a time when authorities were trying to deal with the load of treating new patients than report figures. They also blame delay in receiving data from government and private organizations.
Last week, we saw several cases popping again in China -- this time from its citizens returning from border areas like Russia. Around 10 cases from these were imported, while seven of the local cases were from the Heilongjiang province in the northern region of China, which is very close to the Russian border.
Authorities have already ramped up restrictions and set up a Wuhan-like lockdown in the capital Harbin, as well as the border city Suifenhe.
