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Tencent may have accidentally leaked real data on Wuhan virus deaths
Tencent briefly lists 154,023 infections and 24,589 deaths from Wuhan
coronavirus
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By [25]Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
2020/02/05 18:59
Chart listing deaths as 24,589. (Internet photo)
Chart listing deaths as 24,589. (Internet photo) Chart listing deaths
as 24,589. (Internet photo)
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — As many experts question the veracity of China's
statistics for the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, Tencent over the weekend
seems to have inadvertently released what is potentially the actual
number of infections and deaths, which were astronomically higher than
official figures.
On late Saturday evening (Feb. 1), Tencent, on its webpage titled
"Epidemic Situation Tracker", showed confirmed cases of novel
coronavirus (2019nCoV) in China as standing at 154,023, 10 times the
official figure at the time. It listed the number of suspected cases as
79,808, four times the official figure.
The number of cured cases was only 269, well below the official number
that day of 300. Most ominously, the death toll listed was 24,589,
vastly higher than the 300 officially listed that day.
Moments later, Tencent updated the numbers to reflect the government's
"official" numbers that day. Netizens noticed that Tencent has on at
least three occasions posted extremely high numbers, only to quickly
lower them to government-approved statistics.
Feb. 1 chart showing higher numbers (left), chart showing "official"
numbers (right). (Internet image)
Netizens also noticed that each time the screen with the large numbers
appears, it shows a comparison with the previous day's data which
demonstrates a "reasonable" incremental increase, much like comparisons
of official numbers. This has led some netizens to speculate that
Tencent has two sets of data, the real data and "processed" data.
Some are speculating that a coding problem could be causing the real
"internal" data to accidentally appear. Others believe that someone
behind the scenes is trying to leak the real numbers.
However, the "internal" data held by Beijing may not reflect the true
extent of the epidemic. According to multiple sources in Wuhan, many
coronavirus patients are unable to receive treatment and die outside of
hospitals.
A severe shortage of test kits also leads to a lower number of
diagnosed cases of infection and death. In addition, there have been
many reports of doctors being ordered to list other forms of death
instead of coronavirus to keep the death toll artificially low.
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