SCMP: Coronavirus: Hubei province reports 4,823 new cases and 116 more deaths
* Latest figures follow the roll-out this week of expanded diagnostic criteria amid a purge of party officials in Hubei
* Total mainland cases now at more than 64,627 and deaths at 1,483
China’s Hubei province, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, reported a further 4,823 cases of the disease early on Friday morning, bringing the total in the mainland to 64,627.
Deaths in the country caused by the disease, now officially known as Covid-19, reached 1,483 after the province’s health commission announced a daily increase of 116.
Current as of midnight on Thursday, the figures were the second daily batch to be released since the roll-out of expanded diagnostic criteria, under which a diagnosis based on an analysis of symptoms is considered a confirmed case.
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