Mainland China reports 13 new confirmed cases of coronavirus

 

FILE PHOTO: Staff in protective suits accompany passengers outside a centralized facility for screening and registration near the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing as the country is hit by an outbreak of the novel coronavirus, China, March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - Mainland China had 13 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections on Tuesday, the country's National Health Commission said, down from 21 cases a day earlier.

 

That brings the total number of confirmed cases in mainland China so far to 80,894, the health authority said in a statement on Wednesday.

 

The death toll from the outbreak in mainland China had reached 3,237 as of the end of Tuesday, up by 11 from the previous day.

 

In the central province of Hubei, the epicentre of the outbreak in China, there were 11 new deaths, with the provincial capital of Wuhan accounting for 10 of the fatalities.

 

The number of imported cases of the virus in mainland China reached 155 as of Tuesday, up 12 from a day earlier.

 

(Reporting by Ryan Woo, Huizhong Wu and Se Young Lee; Editing by Shri Navaratnam)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-03-18

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9 hours ago, webfact said:

In the central province of Hubei, the epicentre of the outbreak in China, there were 11 new deaths, with the provincial capital of Wuhan accounting for 10 of the fatalities.

and I thought, because they started to open factories and let some people go back to work,  they had solved the problem, they really are good with misleading information

I suspect that they are telling whoppers!  China is very sensitive about allowing secrets out of their control.  There are probably thousands every week infected.

Imported cases? The spin continues?

1 minute ago, emptypockets said:

Imported cases? The spin continues?

Don't tell Traubert

7 hours ago, Mavideol said:

and I thought, because they started to open factories and let some people go back to work,  they had solved the problem, they really are good with misleading information

Yes, just telling lies to the world as well as internally.

 

The real situation inside China is that SINOPEC is cancelling crude oil deliveries for April.  No oil = no fuel, no plastics for factories.

So 34 already today so far. I can see the second wave coming or it is probably the returning foreigners that have caused it.