News > Covid infection in Wuhan three times higher than official figure: study
Covid infection in Wuhan three times higher than official figure: study
The Hindu Business Line | 08/01/2021 07:03 PM | Click to read full article
A new study carried out by researchers in China has revealed that the actual figure of the coronavirus infection in Wuhan, where Covid-19 was first identified in 2019, could be three times higher than the official figure.
The researchers have speculated that around 1,68,000 Wuhan residents were infected with SARS-CoV-2, compared to the official number of 50,340 hospitalised cases.