Global novel coronavirus death toll reaches 1,383 as China purges officials in Hubei

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The number of novel coronavirus cases has risen to more than 64,000 worldwide, after China reported another major increase at the epicenter of the outbreak following a change in how authorities there diagnose cases.

As of Friday morning, over 100 more people had died of the virus, officially known as Covid-19, in central China's Hubei province -- raising the global death toll to 1,383. Of those, all but three have died in mainland China.

Chinese health authorities also confirmed an additional 5,090 cases across the country. That's a major spike, but nowhere near the 14,840 new cases reported Thursday -- the largest single-day rise since the epidemic began.

The government explained the spike was due to a change in how cases are tabulated -- the total will now include "clinically diagnosed cases" -- people who demonstrate all the symptoms of Covid-19 but have either been unable to access a test or are believed to have falsely tested negative. The hope is that more people will be able to receive treatment by receiving this diagnosis.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/global-novel-coronavirus-death-toll-reaches-1383-as-china-purges-officials-in-hubei/ar-BBZZ3ew

[dewsgirl]

1. I posted this elsewhere in another Coronavirus thread, hoping

to make it a little easier to understand, it helped me.
The R0 in the movie Contagion was 1.5.
The R0 Coronavirus is between 2.6 and 6.0. R Naught or R0 is the term used to explain how contagious a virus is. The H1N1 virus in the movie meant 1 and 1/2 people would get sick from having direct contact with the individuals germs. With Coronavirus, 2 and a half to 6 individuals will get sick from contact with germs from this virus.
This helped me greatly understand what we will be facing.