13/02/2020: 12.40pm EST "Coronavirus death rate surges as infections climb by almost 15,000..."
"The number of coronavirus deaths has surged by 242, double the previous daily record, as hopes of a downturn in infections were dashed by local Chinese health authorities.
"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.
"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."
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