Thousands of covert coronavirus cases go under the radar in Wuhan, Chinese-led researchers say

Roughly 60 per cent of people who contracted the new coronavirus in the central Chinese city of Wuhan were asymptomatic or very mild cases not reported to the authorities, according to a study led by a group of Chinese doctors.The estimate was based on about 26,000 laboratory-confirmed cases recorded in the city, the first epicentre of the coronavirus, between December and February, and was published on the medRxiv preprint platform early this month.The paper has not been peer reviewed.The…

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