The Hubei Health Commission, which has been managing the outbreak in the province at the centre of the COVID-19 epidemic, said it had revised its diagnosis methods and added 14,840 cases overnight.Credit:"Hubei Province has recently conducted investigations on suspected cases and revised the diagnosis results, and newly diagnosed patients were diagnosed according to the new diagnosis classification," the Commission said in a statement released on Thursday morning.
The increase is likely to spur the Morrison government into increasing the length of its 14-day travel ban on all non-Australian residents travelling from China. A final decision is expected to be made after cabinet's national security committee meets on Thursday. The number of confirmed cases in Australia has remained steady at 15.A further 15 Australians remain in isolation in Japan after contracting the disease on the Diamond Princess cruise ship.
Cures rates in Wuhan, Hubei and across China rose by between 6.2 and 8.2 per cent by February 12, as compared to a high of 2.6 per cent by 27 January. There were 5123 people reported to have recovered, compared to 1117 deaths as of Wednesday. "The figures show that treatment measures are starting to produce expected results across the country," the Ministry said.
Hubei province reported on Thursday that 33,693 patients are still being treated in hospitals with at least 1437 critically ill. The government has had to turn gyms and small stadiums into wards in order to treat the influx of patients.
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