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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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