The Chinese authorities announced today, Thursday, that the number of deaths from infection with the (Corona) virus has increased to 1362 people, and recorded 59,651 confirmed cases in 31 regions, cities and provinces at the level of Throughout China.

The National Health Committee reported in its daily report that 14921 new cases were recorded, including 14,840 in central China's Hubei Province, the epicenter of the virus, and 249 new deaths. 242 of them are in the same province, the highest daily increase recorded.

The committee added that the number of cases that had fully recovered and managed to leave the hospitals amounted to 5646 patients, including 3441 cases in (Hubei) province.

The committee explained that the reason for the large increase in cases of infections is due to the use of (Hubei) province a new way to detect the virus, which is a computerized tomography scan as well as considering diagnosed cases Clinically confirmed cases to receive standard treatment in time.

For its part, the Chinese authorities stated that the number of hospitals designated to treat patients infected with coronavirus in the city of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, has risen to more than 40 Hospital, where new hospitals have been built, and a number of buildings have been converted and converted into temporary hospitals.

For his part, Chinese President Xi Jinping issued an order assigning 2,600 additional medical personnel from the armed forces to the task of treating patients in two hospitals in Wuhan, the provincial capital. Hobby).