Wuhan residents burn paper offerings for the dead during the annual tomb-sweeping festival in early April. Photo: AFP
Wuhan revises up coronavirus toll by half to cover deaths at home
- Municipal government says there were misreporting problems in the early stages of the epidemic as hospitals were swamped by patients and the system was expanded rapidly
- Public health experts say revisions not unexpected and indicate that more stringent measures needed to flatten the disease curve
Wuhan residents burn paper offerings for the dead during the annual tomb-sweeping festival in early April. Photo: AFP
