Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday that a review of health data had identified an additional 113 confirmed cases of the sometimes deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) that had not been previously recorded, bringing the total to 688. The death toll from the virus has been raised to 282 from 190, the statement, distributed by the Health Ministry via email, said. The revised figures come from a re-examination of data since 2012, when MERS was identified, that started last month. The Health Ministry said it had put in place new measures to make sure data gathering, reporting and transparency were being observed, including standardisation of testing and better guidelines for labelling and storing samples.
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