Virus toll leaps, Hubei party boss sacked

By Winni Zhou and Dominique Patton
Updated February 13 2020 - 8:13pm, first published 8:11pm
The number of new death from the coronavirus rose sharply by 242 on Wednesday.
The number of new death from the coronavirus rose sharply by 242 on Wednesday.

The Chinese province at the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak has reported a record rise in deaths and thousands more cases under a new diagnostic method, suggesting a much bigger crisis facing China and the world.

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