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Live updates: Number of new c****av***s cases jumps dramatically as China expands its diagnosis criteria
The end of the extended Lunar New Year holiday means China is theoretically returning to work. But with tens of millions still under lockdown and many more confined to work-from-home arrangements amid the c****av***s outbreak, life is a long way from returning to normal.
The number of new infections in Hubei province rose by 14,840 on Thursday as health officials broadened the criteria it uses to confirm cases. The spike comes as China’s ruling C*******t Party tries to manage an outpouring of public anger over its handling of the emergency and is proposing measures to boost the sagging economy.
● The death toll from the c****av***s rose to roughly 1,360, nearly all of the fatalities in China, and total existing confirmed cases worldwide neared 53,000.
● World Health Organization expert Michael Ryan said in a news briefing that — in a good sign — the novel c****av***s’s behavior doesn’t seem to be as aggressive or accelerating outside of Hubei province.
● In a meeting with the leadership of the Community Party, Chinese President Xi Jinping said efforts would be made to minimize the impact of the outbreak on the economy.
● The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed a second case of c****av***s at a San Diego quarantine facility for Americans evacuated from China, bringing the total number of cases in the United States to 14.
● After several countries barred the MS Westerdam cruise ship, its 1,455 guests and the crew are headed toward Cambodia to disembark there.
8:45 PM: Hubei province reports 14,840 new confirmed cases and 242 deaths
China’s Hubei province, the epicenter of the outbreak, reported an uptick of 14,840 confirmed c****av***s cases Thursday as health officials expanded the type of cases that it includes in its count. The province also reported 242 new deaths.
China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency announced Thursday that national health authorities issued revised guidelines to consider “clinically diagnosed” c****av***s cases in the confirmed total.
Chinese officials previously only counted cases confirmed by nucleic acid tests, which critics said were faulty and greatly underestimated the true magnitude of the epidemic.
For weeks, Chinese doctors and patients have complained about a lack of nucleic acid testing kits and their accuracy. The dramatic jump in cases in Hubei essentially confirms longtime suspicions that China was for weeks vastly undercounting cases of the v***s.
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