{"id":203038,"date":"2020-02-15T08:24:18","date_gmt":"2020-02-15T05:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ww-vb.mine.nu\/w108\/coronavirus-breaks-another-tragic-milestone-after-change-to-diagnosis-method\/"},"modified":"2020-02-15T08:24:18","modified_gmt":"2020-02-15T05:24:18","slug":"coronavirus-breaks-another-tragic-milestone-after-change-to-diagnosis-method","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/coronavirus-breaks-another-tragic-milestone-after-change-to-diagnosis-method\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus breaks another tragic milestone after change to diagnosis method"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Just when it seemed like the spread of coronavirus was peaking, health authorities in China have dashed any such hopes.<\/p>\n

The death toll in China’s Hubei province from the deadly outbreak has broken another milestone by leaping by a record 242 to 1310 fatalities as of Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n

The sharp rise in confirmed deaths, in the epicentre of the epidemic, came after the adoption of new methodology for diagnosis, Chinese health officials said.<\/p>\n

The rise in the toll more than doubled the prior provincial daily record of 103 set on Monday, while the number of new cases soared by 14,840 \u2013 also a daily record \u2013 to a total of 48,206 cases.<\/p>\n

Health officials in the province said they had started including people diagnosed using the new methods.<\/p>\n

Excluding cases confirmed using the new methods, the number of new cases rose by only 1508, the official data showed. About 10 times less than under the new diagnosis method.<\/p>\n

Local health authorities said last week it would begin recognising computerised tomography (CT) scan results as confirmation of infections, allowing hospitals to isolate patients more quickly.<\/p>\n

The health commission also said it had revised its old data and previous assessments of suspected cases.<\/p>\n

China had \u2018two sets of numbers all along\u2019<\/h2>\n

It is not uncommon for scientists to refine diagnostic criteria as understanding of a new disease grows, but the sudden change in confirmed cases has exacerbated fears that Chinese authorities have not been completely upfront about the seriousness of the coronavirus outbreak after the first case was reported from Wuhan on December 31 last year.<\/p>\n

The sudden jump in deaths raises questions about China’s commitment to transparency as it deal with the epidemic, Victor Shih, a specialist in Chinese politics at the School of Global Policy & Strategy at the University California San Diego, said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe adjustment of the data today (Thursday) proved without doubt that they have had two sets of numbers for confirmed infected all along,\u201d he told Reuters.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf that were not the case, the government could not have added so many new cases in one day.\u201d<\/p>\n

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