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| Doctors visited emergency department of a hospital in Sichuan province, China |
The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced on the 28th that the number of deaths in medical institutions related to the new coronavirus infection in the week from 20 to 26 this month reached 6,364. The number has almost halved from 12,658 in the previous week (13-19). As of March 26, there were 215,958 hospitalized patients with the novel coronavirus, a significant drop from the 470,000-plus on March 19.
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China's release does not include at-home deaths. It has been criticized by the international community for not being able to grasp the actual situation and being unclear. In China, there are long holidays from the 21st to 27th of the Lunar New Year, and there were concerns about the spread of infection due to the increased movement of people.
