Chinese coronavirus body count steepens

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A special Sunday post for a truly unusual and alarming situation. From China this morning:

At 04:00 on February 1st, 31 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 2590 newly confirmed cases (1921 cases in Hubei Province) and 315 severe cases (268 cases in Hubei Province). An increase of 45 death cases (45 cases in Hubei Province), an additional 85 cured cases (49 cases in Hubei Province), and 4562 suspected cases (2606 cases in Hubei Province).

As of 24:00 on February 1, the National Health and Health Commission has received a cumulative report of 14,380 confirmed cases (31 cases in Guangdong Province) and 31 cases of severe cases (accumulated deaths) in 31 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. There were 304 cases, a total of 328 discharged patients cured, and a total of 19,544 suspected cases.

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David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.