Chinese health officials have revealed for the first time the number of frontline workers who have been infected by the novel coronavirus.
February 14, 2020, 10:02 AMCatch up on the developing stories making headlines.Chinese health officials have revealed for the first time the number of frontline workers who have been infected by the novelZeng Yixin, vice minister of China's National Health Commission, told reporters Friday that so far, 1,716 medical workers have tested positive for the newly discovered virus, known officially as COVID-19, and six of them have died.
As of Friday, there were 63,851 reports of confirmed cases and 1,380 deaths on the Chinese mainland. More than 81% of the confirmed infections were reported in Hubei province. There were another 81 reports of confirmed cases and one death in the semi-autonomous Chinese city of Hong Kong, according to the National Health Commission.Hubei province reported a nearly tenfold increase in cases on Thursday morning, after health officials applied new methodology to how cases are categorized.
The expanded criteria is meant to ensure"that patients can receive standardized treatment according to confirmed cases as early as possible to further improve the success rate of treatment," the commission said.
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