- Leaked documents reveal that China significantly underreported the number of coronavirus cases in the early stages of the pandemic.
- Health data from Chinese health authorities leaked to CNN shows that officials in the Hubei province, where the virus is believed to have originated, failed to report thousands of new daily cases.
- On February 10 — when China reported 2,478 new cases — officials privately recorded 5,918 new cases, more than double the published figure.
- There is no evidence in the files that provide evidence that Chinese officials sought deliberately to conceal the true extent of the outbreak.
A tranche of leaked documents has revealed that China’s government significantly underreported the number of coronavirus cases in the early stages of the pandemic.
An extensive set of health data from Chinese health authorities leaked to CNN shows that health officials in the Hubei province, where the virus is believed to have originated, failed to report thousands of new daily cases in the early stages of the pandemic.
On February 10 — when China reported 2,478 new cases — officials privately recorded 5,918 new cases, more than double the published figure, per CNN.
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