Death toll from coronavirus rises to 1,483 in China

The death
toll from coronavirus epidemic rose to 1,483 in China today. Authorities
reported 116 more deaths and 4,823 new cases in hard-hit Hubei province today.
Hubei province, the epicentre of the outbreak, had 242 more deaths and over
14,800 new cases on Thursday. More than 64,600 people have now been infected in
China.

Health
officials in Hubei said they started to count clinically diagnosed cases to
ensure that patients get treated as early as possible instead of having to wait
for laboratory tests to confirm they have the COVID-19 disease. But the change
raised concerns that the crisis may be more serious than Chinese authorities
have reported.