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China’s Virus Death Toll Revised Up Sharply After Review
BEIJING (AP) — China’s official death toll from the coronavirus pandemic has jumped sharply.
The hardest-hit city of Wuhan announced a major revision that added nearly 1,300 fatalities.
The new figures result from of an in-depth review of deaths during a response that was chaotic in the early days.
The revised numbers push up China’s death toll to 4,632. The higher numbers are not a surprise.
It is virtually impossible to get an accurate count when health systems are overwhelmed at the height of a crisis.
The increase also confirms suspicions that many more people died in China than had been previously reported.
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