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Virus data: What's known and not known about China's numbers

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BEIJING – Every few days brings another grim milestone in the coronavirus outbreak. First Italy and Spain surpassed China in reported deaths.

Then, this week, the U.S. and France did. But did they really? Skepticism about China's numbers has swirled throughout the crisis, fueled by official efforts to quash bad news in the early days and a general distrust of the government.

Long lines of people waiting to collect the ashes of loved ones at funeral homes last week revived the debate. There is no smoking gun pointing to a cover-up by China's ruling Communist Party.

But intentional or not, there is reason to believe that more people died of COVID-19 than the official tally, which stood at 3,312 at the end of Tuesday.

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