News alert: Coronavirus cases spike to at least 60K worldwide as Chinese officials adopt new counting standards

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News Alert Wednesday, February 12

Coronavirus cases spike to at least 60K worldwide as Chinese officials adopt new counting standards

The spikes, an increase of over 15,000 from the previous day, are at least partly due to new counting standards implemented by China, which reported Wednesday that it is tallying infections differently. The nation previously only counted a coronavirus case as confirmed when a person tested positive for the virus.

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