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Coronavirus infection spikes by nearly 15,000, killing an additional 242

By Anthony Leonardi
Published February 13, 2020 3:37am ET
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Coronavirus infection spikes by nearly 15,000, killing an additional 242
Workers in protective overalls walk past the Hankou railway station on the eve of its resuming outbound traffic in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province on Tuesday, April 7, 2020. Just after midnight Wednesday, the city's 11 million residents will be permitted to leave without special authorization as long as a mandatory smartphone application shows they are healthy and have not been in recent contact with anyone confirmed to have the virus. | (Ng Han Guan/AP)

The coronavirus is rapidly infecting thousands more in China.

China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency confirmed that nearly 15,000 more people have been infected with the coronavirus in the country, killing an additional 242. The total number of confirmed infections has risen to 28,000, with approximately 1,300 deaths.

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