Coronavirus: China Records Another 242 Deaths | Sahara Reporters The newly recorded deaths raised the number to 1,355 with 60,000 people confirmed infected. READ MORE:
China has recorded yet another high death toll of 242 and 14,840 confirmed infected in a single day.Authorities said the revised numbers arose as they changed their counting methods. Meanwhile, two top-ranking politicians overseeing the epicentre of the outbreak were also sacked, adding to questions over China’s handling of the crisis just hours after President Xi Jinping claimed “positive results” in battling the outbreak.
“I think it’s way too early to try to predict the beginning, the middle or the end of this epidemic right now,” said Michael Ryan, head of WHO’s health emergencies programme. The virus has had massive ramifications globally since emerging from the central Chinese province of Hubei last month, with many countries banning travellers from China in a bid to stop people spreading the disease.
Hubei authorities said the huge increases were because they had broadened their definition for cases to include people “clinically diagnosed” via lung imaging.
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