China identifies 5,090 new coronavirus cases, another jump in the daily tally that has stirred concerns over the trajectory of the outbreak
BEIJING—Chinese authorities identified 5,090 new coronavirus cases, a new jump in their daily tally that has stirred concerns over the trajectory of the disease and has raised fresh worries over whether China is offering an accurate appraisal of the epidemic’s scope.
On Thursday and Friday alone, China’s National Health Commission added about 20,000 newly confirmed cases to its official count, bringing the total number of patients infected by the coronavirus to more than 63,000 people, as of the end of Thursday.
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