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What You Need to Know About Shock 45% Jump in Hubei Coronavirus Cases
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China has upended expectations around the coronavirus epidemic this week with changes to the data and the way cases are diagnosed, forcing a dramatic recalculation of where the country stands in containing the spread.
On Friday, China’s National Health Commission lowered the country-wide death toll by more than 100 and the infected case count by more than 1,000 due to “double-counting” in Hubei, the province at the epicenter of the outbreak.