Coronavirus: new cases double in China in biggest 1-day leap since Wuhan

China has reported a doubling in the number of new domestic cases of Covid-19 to more than 5,100, the highest jump in a day since the disease erupted in Wuhan in early 2020.The National Health Commission reported 5,154 new cases on Tuesday – 3,507 people with symptoms and 1,647 without.The cases were found across the country but most were in the northeastern province of Jilin, the epicentre of the wave, which recorded 3,076 locally transmitted symptomatic cases, or nearly 90 per cent of the…

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