5 Must-Reads of the Day: China revises death count, Maccas announces free delivery, Australian baby diagnosed with COVID-19 and more

COVID-19 Update
5 must-read coronavirus headline stories from around the world on April 17th, 2020.

5 Must-Reads of the Day: China revises death count, Maccas announces free delivery, Australian baby diagnosed with COVID-19 and more

5 must-read coronavirus headline stories from around the world on April 17th, 2020.
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5 must-read coronavirus headline stories from around the world on April 17th, 2020.

1. China corrects COVID-19 death toll by an enormous amount

The number of people who died in the Chinese city of Wuhan – the epicentre of the disease – has been revised by the Chinese Government.

The update is not an increase just a couple dozen though, but more than 1,000.

State Media on Friday revealed there had been an “undercount” of deaths in the city, last recorded to be 2,579.

That number has now been corrected to 3,869.

The “undercount” was put to medical staff and facilities being overwhelmed.

Read more: China’s real death toll revealed to be thousands more than first thought.

2. Free delivery from McDonalds as stay-at-home orders continue through weekend

Joining other companies like Sony who are offering up free services in recognition of people spending way more time at home, McDonalds has announced free delivery across the country over the weekend.

But, as always, there is a catch: Orders need to be $25 or more.

So it’s just a matter of ordering enough McNuggets.

To give them some credit, McDonald’s recently announced it would begin selling basic groceries for those struggling to find them at supermarkets; with eggs, bread and milk being temporarily added to the menu.

Read more: Free delivery all weekend from McDonalds

3. Baby less than two months old tests positive for coronavirus

NSW health today confirmed a 7-week-old had been diagnosed with COVID-19.

The baby is the youngest Australian to be tested positive, and is among 29 new cases confirmed in NSW today.

It marks one of the smallest daily growths for the State so far.

Read more: Baby tested positive for COVID-19 in NSW

4. Calls for WHO Director to resign

In the wake of Trump freezing the funding for the World Health Organisation, Republicans have called on the WHO’s director general to resign.

In a letter to Trump, the 17 Republicans urged funding not be restarted until director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus agrees to resign.

The critics say the WHO may need reorganisation, but potentially after the crisis eases.

Read more: Letter to Trump demands funding to WHO not be restarted until its director resigns

5. US police discover 17 bodies in nursing home

Police in New Jersey stumbled across 17 bodies in one of the biggest nursing home in the State.

Officials said the nursing home was “overwhelmed by the amount of people who were expiring”, with the morgue meant to hold only four people at a time.

The 17 fatalities are part of 68 deaths Police believed to be tied to the facility.

Read more: Police find morgue in aged care home four times above capacity, discovering 17 bodies at the centre