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‘Tip of the iceberg:’ Incomplete coronavirus data may understate true death toll

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China acknowledged Friday that the coronavirus death toll for epicenter of Wuhan was 50% higher than previously reported — a major revision that highlights just how seriously current numbers on infections and deaths around the globe may be understating the true toll of the pandemic.

Incomplete or unreliable figures about the pandemic take on an oversized influence during times of crisis, as medical staff struggle to figure out how to cope with surges of sick people and governments have to make crucial decisions about when and how they can begin easing lockdown restrictions to resuscitate their ailing economies.

As virus deaths mounted — with the United States reporting the nation’s highest daily death toll yet at nearly 4,600 — the economic

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