Wuhan adds 1,300 'missed' deaths to official coronavirus toll

Revisions made to include deaths at home during start of outbreak

Wuhan Reuters 20200417 for Caixin piece

A hospital staff member walks past a sketch of Chinese President Xi Jinping wearing a face mask inside Leishenshan Hospital, a makeshift facility for treating COVID-19 patients in Wuhan on April 11. © Reuters

MATTHEW WALSH, Caixin

Wuhan on Friday revised upward its official death toll from the coronavirus outbreak by 50%, citing missed deaths at the start of the contagion.

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