China's government health commission in Hubei province reported on Friday that the daily death toll from coronavirus rose by 116.

The Hubei province health commission did not report the total number of deaths from the newly identified virus, which was 1,310 on Thursday.

From Reuters:

Of the new deaths, 88 occurred in the provincial capital of Wuhan, where the flu-like virus is believed to have originated late last year.

A further 4,823 cases had been detected in Hubei, taking the total in the province to 51,986. Over four fifths of the province’s new cases were in Wuhan.

The daily toll rose by a record of more than 240 on Thursday after the commission began counting cases diagnosed through new clinical methods.

More from Twitter, below.

The Hubei health authority has reported that 116 more people died of the coronavirus in Hubei province on Thursday.

This brings the total number of deaths in mainland China to at least 1,483, with a global total of 1,486. https://t.co/l48rloavyC

 CNN International (@cnni) February 14, 2020

China's Hubei province reports 116 new coronavirus deaths https://t.co/1m1LQT2iuG pic.twitter.com/qp5MAMFiAM

 Reuters (@Reuters) February 14, 2020

#Coronavirus latest updates: death rate in China's Hubei slows after spike – live news https://t.co/Ecgq86xn5C

 Guardian US (@GuardianUS) February 14, 2020

PHOTO, top: Provided by the Government of China through Xinhua, the official state media outlet.

A doctor wearing goggles is seen at Xianghu Hospital of the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Feb. 6, 2020.

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