China’s Wuhan city revises up total coronavirus death toll by 1,290

By Metro US Posted on April 16, 2020

Workers in protective suits are seen at the Leishenshan Hospital, a makeshift hospital for treating patients with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Wuhan

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s Wuhan city, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, said on Friday it had revised up its total coronavirus death toll by 1,290, according to state-run CCTV.

Wuhan also revised up confirmed cases by 325.

(Reporting by Yawen Chen and Vincent Lee in Beijing; Writing by Engen Tham; Editing by Shri Navaratnam)