With all due respect, it is important to update the foreign community of Kunming that confirmed cases in Yunnan has increased over 100% in one day, from 19 (yesterday) to 44 (now).

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This particular info, at it pertains to our residing region, can't be found on English news outlets. CNN and The Guardian don't report on such localized news.

Furthermore, I assume many readers may not read Chinese. Don't leave them in the dark.

This knowledge cautions us to be even more vigilant when we venture outside. To be more conscientious of hand hygiene. To better protect ourselves and family.

Yunnan now has 44 confirmed cases. 130% increase since a day ago. See previous page to calculate.

125 suspected cases. 558 under observation.

12 confirmed cases in Kunming.

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Thank you GoKunming for the "live update" posting, and confirming Kunming's long-distance bus suspension.

I second the notion we shouldn't panic.

However, prematurely stating that "the mortality rate is low — as compared to SARS" may be conceptually misguided.

Permission to speak, and to correct a potential flaw.

Mortality rate for SARS is easy to measure because of no new cases. Relatively fixed and closed ended.

Whereas for 2019-nCoV, new confirmed cases are popping up continuously. This deflates mortality rates and dangerously masks the actual severity.

Allow me to explain.

If 2 new cases are confirmed for City X, where the city had none before. Mortality rate for City X would stand at zero, b/c patients have relatively begun their battle against the virus.

Damage to body takes Y period of time to worsen as virus permeate internally. Y is not instantaneous.

More accurate measurements of mortality rate would be focusing on cities that have the oldest data of greater sample size to fully account Y time variable.

That would be in Wuhan.

That being said, last night's data on Wuhan prior to the new cases reported overnight:

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63 (deaths) / 698 (confirmed cases) = 0.09 = 9% mortality rate.

Thus, ~1% shy of SARS for City of Wuhan on Jan. 27th. This 9% mortality rate was yesterday.

However, hours later, 892 new confirmed cases were bumped for Wuhan. These 892 newly confirmed cases are relatively newer carriers showing diagnosed symptoms, as oppose those already in Wuhan being treated in quarantine.

As explained above, bodies' defense will fight the infection, vice versa. This takes time. Subsequently, the mortality rate was reduced to 5.3% (85 deaths/1590 confirmed) as of the moment for Wuhan.

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Per above argument, if you continue to add new cases throughout Mainland and the World, the general mortality rate will further decrease. But only because of the relative recency factor discussed.

Thus, we shouldn't keep our guards down thinking this isn't serious because of deflated mortality rates.

Simple math and deduction.

Kunming long distance buses (客运车) will be suspended at midnight. Need link. Please assist.

Also, China confirmed cases jumped to 4428 overnight.

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Mostly Wuhan. From 698 last night, to 1590 reported this morning. Over 100% increase.

The 5 million Wuhan citizens who snuck out lockdown is disconcerting, as mentioned by Mayor of Wuhan.

Updated 10:56am

19 confirmed cases in Yunnan:

7 in Kunming
2 in Lijiang
1 in Xishuangbana
1 in Qujing
1 in Yuxi
1 in Honghe
1 in Dali

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2 in Dehong
2 in Baoshan
1 in Zhaotong

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