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In China, more and more people have died from the new coronavirus, which has already surpassed the number of deaths in SARS in 2003. There are also suspicions that the Chinese authorities are making short announcements.

This is correspondent to Beijing Jung Sung-yeop.

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To date, there are 361 deaths.

57 more than the previous day.

17 years ago, SARS had already surpassed 349 people in mainland China.

The dead are concentrated in Hubei Province.

Hubei, where 350 people died, including 265 in Wuhan, accounts for 97% of all deaths.

The number of confirmed patients reached nearly 18,000.

Suspicions have been raised that the death toll of the authorities does not reflect the fact that the spread of the new corona infection has not stopped.

One netizen reported that he watched eight bodies move in five minutes from the entrance of the hospital and saw one body inside the hospital.

It was also told that hospital staff had many bodies in the ward.

Other hospital staff testifies that if a patient dies without being confirmed at the hospital, they are missing from the death statistics.

There is a claim that a lack of sickness for a seriously ill patient will produce a death toll, and Sunkyong San Hospital, which opened in just 10 days, opened today.

The Leishan Mountain Hospital, which can hold 1,500 beds, is scheduled to open on the 6th.

Chinese officials expect these hospitals to focus on treating critically ill patients, making them a sanctuary for patient treatment like Xiaotangshan Hospital, which was established in Beijing during SARS.

(Video coverage: Choi Duk Hyun, Video editing: Kim Ho Jin)

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