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True number of people with coronavirus could be 10 million, says health chief

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As many as 10 million people around the world may be infected with the new strain of coronavirus, a health chief says. More than one million people have tested positive for the virus, but the true figure is much higher than that due to a lack of testing, under-reporting by governments, and some patients not showing any symptoms at all.

Australia's chief medical officer, Brendan Murphy, said the actual total could be ten times higher than the reported number of confirmed cases.

Without criticising any countries, Mr Murphy said he had doubts about some of the data produced by governments, adding: "The only numbers I have total faith in are the Australian numbers, frankly." He added: "Worldwide we have passed one million infections.

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