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Wuhan Raises Number of COVID-19 Deaths, Cases

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   WASHINGTON - Health officials in Wuhan, China's COVID-19 epicenter,
   revised the death toll from the virus by more than 50 percent Friday.

   An additional 1,290 deaths were added to the toll by Wuhan's Epidemic
   Prevention and Control Center, bringing the total to 3,869 people.

   The officials also raised the number of cases by 325 for a total of
   50,333 cases.

   Local government authorities said on social media that some cases were
   "mistakenly reported" or entirely missed.

   On Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump said the safety and health of
   Americans would be the top priority in his administration's move to
   reopen the country.

   Trump and his coronavirus team unveiled their plan for a gradual
   reopening of the country and returning Americans to work. He said some
   parts of the country are ready to reopen and that at least 29 states
   will be ready to reopen "very soon." The decision will be left to state
   governors and local leaders, he said.

   His announcement came hours after Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser
   extended the city's shutdown by another two weeks, until May 15. She
   said the measure will remain in place until the number of new cases is
   consistently down for two weeks.

   The number of COVID-19 infections caused by the coronavirus continues
   to grow in the United States with more than 670,000 cases as of
   Thursday and nearly 35,000 deaths, according to the World Health
   Organization (WHO).

   New York state accounts for one-third of the U.S. cases. Health
   officials say that the coronavirus curve in the U.S. is flattening but
   that the epidemic is far from over.

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