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Coronavirus coverup? Tencent lists 25,000 deaths instead of official 563

The death toll of the novel coronavirus outbreak is 563 at latest count. But according to Tencent, it may actually be 25,000.

By: IANS   | | Published: February 7, 2020 10:42 am
Tags: coronavirus outbreak  novel Chinese coronavirus  
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According to multiple sources in Wuhan, many coronavirus patients are unable to receive treatment and die outside of hospitals. @Shutterstock

In what could be a serious cover-up regarding the actual death figures in the Novel Coronavirus outbreak, Chinese multinational conglomerate holding company Tencent allegedly published “real” data on the novel coronavirus deaths, with briefly listing death toll as 24,589 — way too higher than 563 deaths China officially announced on Thursday. Also Read - Facemask is not just a preventive tool: Humidity in masks can lessen COVID-19 severity too

According to a Taiwan News report, “Tencent… seems to have inadvertently released what is potentially the actual number of infections and deaths, which were astronomically higher than official figures”. Tencent, on its webpage titled “Epidemic Situation Tracker,” showed confirmed cases of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in China as standing at 154,023 — over 10 times the official figure given to the world on February 1. It also listed the number of suspected cases as 79,808, four times the official figure. Also Read - Accurate and fast: Dogs can sniff out COVID-19 positive cases after only 4 days of training



“The number of cured cases was only 269, well below the official number that day of 300. Most ominously, the death toll listed was 24,589, vastly higher than the 300 officially listed that day”. Once people noticed this, Tencent allegedly updated the numbers to reflect the government’s “official” numbers, according to the report. “Netizens noticed that Tencent has on at least three occasions posted extremely high numbers, only to quickly lower them to government-approved statistics,” said the report. Also Read - Covid-19 was present in France in November 2019, suggests study

Some people speculated a coding problem may be behind the real “internal” data but others believe that someone is actually trying to reveal the real numbers. Tencent was yet to officially comment on these reports. “According to multiple sources in Wuhan, many coronavirus patients are unable to receive treatment and die outside of hospitals.”

There have been multiple reports of Wuhan officials cremating deceased coronavirus victims before they could be added to the official death toll. The Wall Street Journal reported that the coronavirus numbers coming out of China are “fishy”.

If the numbers from the alleged Tencent leak are accurate, it would put coronavirus’ mortality rate at almost 16 per cent. By comparison, SARS’ mortality rate was 9.6 per cent, reports CCN. Caijing, an independent magazine based in Beijing that covers societal, political, and economic issues, has also claimed that the Communist Party of China (CCP) is underreporting the extent of the coronavirus outbreak.

Caijing’s article on Coronavirus that detailed how Wuhan officials are not reporting real figures was censored in China. As of Thursday, the official death toll in China rose to 563, with 28,018 confirmed cases. China’s civil aviation regulator on Thursday urged all the country’s airlines to maintain their international routes amid the coronavirus outbreak, that has killed 563 people in the Asian country so far.

Published : February 7, 2020 10:42 am
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