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China’s coronavirus death toll revised up sharply after review

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Medical staff treat check a mobile phone as they treat COVID-19 coronavirus patients at a hospital in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province on March 19, 2020. - China on March 19 reported no new domestic cases of the coronavirus for the first time BEIJING - China’s official death toll from the coronavirus pandemic jumped sharply Friday as the hardest-hit city of Wuhan announced a major revision that added nearly 1,300 fatalities.

The new figures resulted from an in-depth review of deaths during a response that was chaotic in the early days. They raised the official toll in Wuhan by 50% to 3,869 deaths.

While China has yet to update its national totals, the revised numbers push up China’s total to 4,632 deaths from a previously reported

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