Coronavirus: China death toll nears 1,500 but new cases fall

China's death toll from the new coronavirus epidemic was revised downwards to 1,380 on Friday after officials said some fatalities had been counted more than once. The National Health Commission removed 108 deaths after discovering "duplicate statistics" and also subtracted 1,043 from the total number of confirmed infectionsin Hubei province. The total number of cases has now risen to 63,851.

By February 14, 2020 at 08:12AM

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