China's Wuhan hikes coronavirus COVID-19 death toll by 50 percent citing gaps in early testing
The revisions follow widespread speculation that Wuhan`s death toll was significantly higher than reported, rumours fuelled by images of long queues of family members waiting to collect ashes of victims and reports of thousands of empty urns stacked at a single funeral home.
Apr 17, 2020, 12:24 PM IST
Coronavirus death toll jumps over 24,000? China's online news site Tencent 'leak' suggests so
As experts across the world continue to raise questions over the authenticity of China's statistics for the coronavirus outbreak, Chinese news site Tencent allegedly listed the death toll at 24,589, which is much more than around 500 deaths comfirmed by the Chinese government.
Feb 06, 2020, 19:19 PM IST
