On April 17, the Wuhan Municipal Novel Coronavirus Epidemic Prevention and Control Command Center issued a notice to revise the infection count and death count in Wuhan City, Hubei Province.
#1: The report said that, according to a thorough check, by April 16, the cumulative infection count in Wuhan was 50,333, with an adjustment of 325 more cases; the cumulative death count was 3,869, with an adjustment of 1,290 additions. The report said the data gap was caused by people dying at home or by medical facilities’ inability to report data promptly. (China’s official government website)
#2: In his tweet, President Trump expressed doubt about the revised numbers because it is still too small compared to the numbers in the U.S.: “China has just announced a doubling in the number of their deaths from the Invisible Enemy. It is far higher than that and far higher than the U.S., not even close!”
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1. Excerpt in Chinese:
新华社武汉4月17日电 武汉市新冠肺炎疫情防控指挥部17日发布《关于武汉市新冠肺炎确诊病例数确诊病例死亡数订正情况的通报》
截至4月16日24时，确诊病例核增325例，累计确诊病例数订正为50333例；确诊病例的死亡病例核增1290例，累计确诊病例的死亡数订正为3869例。
出现以上数据差异的原因：一是疫情早期病人激增，导致医疗资源挤兑，收治能力严重不足，有些患者没有入院治疗，在家中病亡。二是在救治高峰期，医院超负荷运转，医务人员忙于救治，客观上存在迟报、漏报和误报现象。三是由于收治患者的定点医疗机构快速增加，既有部属、省属、市属和区属医院，也有企业、民营医院和方舱医院等，少数医疗机构未能及时与大疫情网对接、报送信息。四是有些死亡病例信息登记不全，存在重报、误报情况。
Source: China’s official government website, April 17, 2020
http://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2020-04/17/content_5503568.htm
2. Twitter, by President Trump, April 17, 2020
China has just announced a doubling in the number of their deaths from the Invisible Enemy. It is far higher than that and far higher than the U.S., not even close!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 17, 2020