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FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2020, file photo, a security guard wears a face mask as he walks along a pedestrian shopping street during a snowfall in Beijing. Skepticism about China’s reported coronavirus cases and deaths has swirled throughout the crisis, fueled by official efforts to quash bad news in the early days and a general distrust of the government. In any country, getting a complete picture of the infections amid the fog of war is virtually impossible. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2020, file photo, a security guard wears a face mask as he walks along a pedestrian shopping street during a snowfall in Beijing. Skepticism about China’s reported coronavirus cases and deaths has swirled throughout the crisis, fueled by official efforts to quash bad news in the early days and a general distrust of the government. In any country, getting a complete picture of the infections amid the fog of war is virtually impossible. (AP Photo/Ma…

April 1, 2020

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Virus data: What's known and not known about China's numbers
April 1, 2020 8:58 a.m.

Virus data: What's known and not known about China's numbers

BEIJING (AP) — Every few days brings another grim milestone in the coronavirus outbreak. First Italy and Spain surpassed China in reported deaths. Then, this week, the U.S. and France did.