The number of people who were
infected and died from the new coronavirus in
China's central city of Wuhan, where the world's first infections were
reported, has been revised upwards significantly. CBS News correspondent Ramy
Inocencio reports that China admitted Friday that about 50% more people died of
the disease in Wuhan than previously reported. The revision comes just a week
and a half after the city celebrated the
lifting of an unprecedented 76-day lockdown
imposed to stop the disease's spread. The vast majority of China's infections
and deaths were recorded in Wuhan. In real numbers, an additional 1,290 deaths
were recorded with Friday's admission, bringing the total for Wuhan to 3,869.
The number of infections was revised up by 325 to 50,333.China's government-run
Xinhua news agency released a "notice of correction" on Friday,
citing "late or missed reporting" of deaths, overloaded medical staff
and sick residents who died at home and were not counted in the original tally.
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