The central Chinese city of Wuhan has raised its number of Covid-19 fatalities by 1,290, with state media saying the undercount had been due to the insufficient admission capabilities at overwhelmed medical facilities at the peak of the outbreak, AP reported.

Wuhan’s revised death toll of 3,869 is the most in China.

The official Xinhua News Agency quoted an unidentified official as saying that during the early stages of the outbreak, “due to the insufficiency in admission and treatment capability, a few medical institutions failed to connect with the disease prevention and control system in time".

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