The death toll from China's virus epidemic neared 1,400 on Friday, as the
United States complained of a "lack of transparency" from
Beijing over its handling of a crisis that has fuelled global panic.
Nearly 64,000 people are now recorded as having been made ill by the virus in
China, with the last two days showing a steep rise after a change in diagnostic methods.
The National Health Commission disclosed a statistical error, however, saying it removed 108 deaths in Hubei that had been double-counted, but the nationwide toll still rose to 1,380 on Friday.