Nah, lies.
Rumors of 40K infected in the east. Which would make sense as the borders there are somewhat porous with a lot of Chinese workers.
“Rumors of 40K infected in the east.”
“We estimate the number of COVID-19 cases from newly reported deaths in a population without previous reports. Our results suggest that by the time a single death occurs, hundreds to thousands of cases are likely to be present in that population. “
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.10.20033761v1