Number of deaths and infected people in Hubei rose sharply

Posted by Otto Knotzer on February 13, 2020 - 3:03am

The number of deaths in the particularly severely affected Chinese province of Hubei rose significantly by 242 to 1,310 according to government officials on Wednesday . In addition, 14,840 new cases have been registered , reports the health commission. A drop in the infection rate had been hinted at the previous day. According to the Health Commission, the sharp rise in new cases is due to a new method of diagnosing the coronavirus . As the state television reported, the province has "revised the diagnostic results". Patients were diagnosed according to the new classification.

The total number of known diseases in the province around the city of Wuhan is thus 48,206. The official total number of cases in mainland China rose to more than 59,000. The vast majority of deaths and infections continue to occur in Hubei. The authorities have largely isolated the province from the outside world

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