This unprecedented explosion in the number of cases in 24 hours is due to a change in methods of counting victims.
Correspondent in Beijing
No respite on the deadly front of Hubei. On Wednesday evening, Xi Jinping greeted “Positive changes”in the battle against the coronavirus, saluting “Hard-won results” at a special meeting in Beijing of the Politburo Standing Committee, the regime’s holy of holies riding a slowing growth in the number of infected cases.
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A few hours later, the assessment from the epicenter of the epidemic fell like a cold shower on the voluntarism displayed by the Chinese president. The Covid-19 killed a daily record of 242 more people, bringing the total toll to 1,355 dead, the battered province’s Health Commission announced on Thursday. And the number of sufferers has jumped by 15,000, reaching a total of around 60,000 across the most populous country in the world.
This unprecedented explosion in the number of cases in 24 hours is explained by a change in the methods of counting victims, a
