China changes method of counting coronavirus patients again

China on Thursday has reportedly changed method of counting patients with new coronavirus that will w include only those diagsed by sophisticated laboratory testing. According to media reports, China h earlier changed method of counting patients from Hubei province and its capital Wuhan city, as it allowed people diagsed via clinical methods including lung imaging to be ded in count in dition to those confirmed by laboratories. 

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As per reports, Chinese authorities have said that change was me last week due to a backlog of patients awaiting nucleic acid tests whose condition was deteriorating and it became hard for m to test patients quickly. Authorities w say that situation in Hubei has changed and re is backlog of patients who need nucleic acid testing. latest development came as China reported biggest drop in new cases of virus in nearly a month. 

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Coronavirus outbreak

According to media reports, new coronavirus has claimed more than 2,200 lives and has infected more than 76,000 people in China since it first broke out in December last year. United States Center for Disease Control (CDC) h earlier said that virus has alrey spre to 27 countries, including as far as western Europe. As per reports, coronavirus originated from a seafood market in China's Wuhan city, believed epicentre of disease. Media reports also stated that animals were being tred illegally in market from where disease originated.

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coronavirus has claimed more lives than its predecessor Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). According to reports, SARS, which broke out in China in 2002-2003 h claimed more than 774 lives, which is way below current death toll from COVID-19. According to reports, China on February 13 reported highest number of deaths caused by virus in a single day as 254 people died in Hubei province, time when authorities were using previous method of counting patients. 

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