One day after announcing the expulsion of three Wall Street Journal reporters from China, the Chinese foreign ministry is standing by its decision, saying people who 'maliciously smear China must pay their price.'
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But the fall appears to be partly due to another change in how China counts a"confirmed case." All official coronavirus cases from today must now be formally diagnosed before they are added to the totals. The total number of confirmed cases in mainland China is now 74,576, bringing the global total to 75,674.The fall comes as the Chinese government said it would no longer count"clinically confirmed" cases among the official total infections. It was a reversal from a decision made a week ago to include patients who had tested negative for the virus but showed symptoms.The number of people killed by the virus continues to rise, with 114 more deaths announced in mainland China today.
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