Hubei fixed! Chinese virus numbers collapse into farce

As noted earlier, China has today reversed its previous revision of coronavirus definition and added still more confusion with new ones. Take Hubei today:

From 04:00 to 24:00 on February 19, 2020 , 349 new cases of new coronary pneumonia were confirmed in the province , including: 615 in Wuhan, 5 in Xiantao, 3 in Shiyan, 3 in Suizhou, 2 in Xiangyang, and Huanggang City reduction of 5 cases, Ezhou reduction of 5 cases, Enshi Prefecture reduction of 5 cases, Tianmen City reduction of 13 cases, Xiaogan City reduction of 15 cases, Huangshi City reduction of 16 cases, Yichang City reduction of 16 cases, Jingzhou City reduction of 31 cases, Xianning City reduction 66 cases, 107 cases of nuclear reduction in Jingmen City.

There were 108 new deaths in the province , including 88 in Wuhan, 7 in Xiaogan, 2 in Huanggang, 2 in Yichang, 2 in Jingzhou, 1 in Huangshi, 1 in Xiangyang, and 1 in Ezhou. 1 case in Jingmen City, 1 case in Suizhou City, 1 case in Qianjiang City, and 1 case in Tianmen City.

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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.