Trump says China coronavirus toll 'far higher' than admitted

President Donald Trump on Friday said China's real death toll from coronavirus was "far higher," even after officials issued a new count doubling number of dead in Wuhan, where pandemic began.

"China has just anunced a doubling in number of ir deaths from Invisible Enemy. It is far higher than that and far higher than U.S., t even close!" Trump tweeted.

Earlier, city of Wuhan admitted missteps in tallying its death toll as it abruptly raised count by 50 percent following growing world doubts about Chinese transparency.

Officials said y had added 1,290 deaths to tally in city, which has suffered vast majority of China's officially recognized fatalities from COVID-19, disease caused by virus. 

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