Bit by bit the fraud gets exposed all over the world:
Death toll in Chinese city of Wuhan suddenly 50% higher
The coronavirus has killed 3,869 in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the epidemic first emerged. That is suddenly 1,290 more than what the Wuhan authorities have communicated in recent weeks. That reports the Chinese state channel CCTV.
In a press release circulated on social media, the city explains that at the peak of the epidemic, some patients died at home because they could not be hospitalized. So they were not counted in the official statistics, which only took into account who died in a hospital. Also, reports were not passed until much later or were incomplete, as medical workers and institutions were overwhelmed by the epidemic.
These new figures bring the total number of deaths in China to 4,632.
The number of infections was also adjusted, with 325 additional infections. Across China, this involves well over 85,000 infections.
Beijing says that it has largely curbed the epidemic, but abroad are increasingly questioned about the official version that Beijing is spreading.