Reported Corona Virus Cases in China Massively Under Counted Due to Shortage of Diagnostic Kits and Layers of Bureaucracy

The official numbers from China for cases of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) are massively under counted due to a shortage of diagnostic kits because of overwhelming demand and a multi-layered bureaucracy that takes days or weeks to designate each case. The official count reported Sunday in China is 1975 cases with 56 deaths. A video by a nurse posted two days ago claimed 90,000 cases in Hubei Province, its Wuhan city and China.

#china #coronavirus update as of 9:20 am HK Sunday 26 Jan
China's National Health Commission is confirming 1975 coronavirus cases on the mainland and the death toll has risen to 56 as of the end of Saturday January 25.

— Peter Lewis - on the radio in Hong Kong (@MoneyTalkR3) January 26, 2020

This video of another nurse is unconfirmed, however it tracks with other reporting:

New leak from what's happening in China #coronavirus #Wuhan pic.twitter.com/3hgvE2yOae

— CHE (@wise_lol) January 25, 2020

A report by Renwu, a Chinese publication, published January 23 details the shortages and bureaucracy that help explain the disparity between official numbers and the videos of death and emotional breakdowns in Wuhan hospitals and the extraordinary actions by the Chinese government.

Provinces are being locked down, roads are blocked with berms and large concrete blocks, travel being restricted and pop-up hospitals are being constructed.

https://twitter.com/fkyesss/status/1221186340458565632

https://twitter.com/IsChinar/status/1220901405743034368

Several of the hospital videos have been confirmed by reporters as authentic.

I did some additional verification of the following 2 viral videos. Apparently, they're the same hospital. In the first video, on the blanket covering a body on the floor, I see the hospital name "Wuhan Redcross Hospital 武汉市红十字会医院." 1/3 #2019nCoV #WuhanCoronovirus pic.twitter.com/r5dAhrlTsk

— Muyi Xiao (@muyixiao) January 25, 2020

"Save my life, doctor!" Videos show how the coronavirus outbreak in China has overwhelmed hospitals. More than 1,300 cases have been confirmed across the country and at least 41 people have died.

Follow the latest here: https://t.co/E97Y3C5MLO pic.twitter.com/8SZ5z6BCpv

— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 25, 2020

I tracked down the 36-year-old nurse who filmed the #WuhanCoronovirus patients trapped in medical limbo waiting waiting for diagnosis next to dead bodies. Here is the story:https://t.co/uHGy29usDl pic.twitter.com/cFsWmiVwuK

— Mimi Lau (@gzmimi) January 25, 2020