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Wuhan locas believe coronavirus may have killed 42,000 people not 3,200 claimed by Chinese authorities

30th March 2020
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Wuhan locas believe coronavirus may have killed 42,000 people not 3,200 claimed by Chinese authorities

People wearing face masks walk, in Wuhan, Hubei province, the epicenter of China's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, March 29, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song

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Wuhan locals claim coronavirus has killed 42,000 people in the city alone, more than ten times the national figure claimed by Chinese authorities.

The killer bug, which originated in Wuhan in China’s Hubei Province has claimed the lives of 3,300 people and infected more than 81,000.

Of those, 3,182 deaths were reported in Hubei Province.

But residents in Wuhan claim 500 urns have been handed out to grieving families every day from seven separate funeral homes all serving the city.

This means the ashes of 3,500 people are distributed every 24 hours.

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The homes – in Hankou, Wuchang and Hanyang – have told grieving families that they will receive the ashes before April 5, the date of Qing Ming festival where people tend the graves of their ancestors.

This means that 42,000 urns could be distributed in that 12-day period.

Earlier reports stated that the Hankou premises received two shipments of 5,000 urns in just two days, according to local media.

It comes as the province relaxed its two-month lockdown of 50million people.

People who have a ‘green’ health certificate – meaning they have tested negative for the virus – were allowed to leave the province from midnight on March 25, the first time they have been allowed out of the region since January 23.

However, restrictions on travelling into and out of the mega-city of Wuhan – where the virus first emerged – will remain in place until April 8.

A resident in Wuhan – who only provided his surname Zhang – told RFA: ‘It can’t be right because the incinerators have been working round the clock, so how can so few people have died?’

Another resident – with the surname Mao said: ‘Maybe the authorities are gradually releasing the real figures, intentionally or unintentionally, so that people will gradually come to accept the reality.’

A source close to authorities in Hubei province said many residents had died in their homes without being officially diagnosed.

They claimed the estimated figure was not exaggerated as in one month, 28,000 cremations took place.

It comes as Italy and the US have overtaken China as the hotbeds of the virus – which has killed more than 30,000 and infected 664,695 worldwide.

Italy has reported more than 97,000 cases and upwards of 10,000 deaths.

The US has reported 137,294 cases and more than 2,000 deaths.

Related: Trump estimates US coronavirus peak death rate, extends social-distancing guidelines: ‘I want our life back’

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