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The South China Morning Post (Hong Kong's newspaper of record) reports that China excluded 43,000 confirmed-but-asymptomatic cases from its official statistics,

The South China Morning Post (Hong Kong's newspaper of record) reports that China excluded 43,000 confirmed-but-asymptomatic cases from its official statistics, and kept the true number classified: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3076323/third-coronavirus-cases-may-be-silent-carriers-classified https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3076323/thir... This would mean that the true number of confirmed cases in China is more than 50% higher than the official number.

blackrock 7y ago
Well, if your statement is correct, then this actually lowers their death rate, the CFR (Case Fatality Ratio). They reported 81,285 cases. So, 81,285 + 43,000 = 124,285 cases. And 3287 deaths. So, that’s a 2.64% death rate. At these numbers, and with the virus now worldwide, I think China’s numbers are now irrelevant. It’s better to begin focusing our energies on mitigation and containment.
- yread 7y ago
  Estimating CFR is difficult, but it's probably still lower than that https://twitter.com/mlipsitch/status/1243373051351359488 https://twitter.com/mlipsitch/status/1243373051351359488
koheripbal 7y ago
Not only that - China has refused to participate in an international WHO serology study to see the % of people with antibodies. ...it's not much of a leap to imagine that the reason is to hide the true number that were infected.