In the midst of skepticism about China’s coronavirus numbers, Wuhan has raised up its official totals, though the new tallies are still nowhere near the estimates made by some critics.

On Friday, authorities in Wuhan announced that they had added another 1,290 people to the city’s death toll — an increase of more than 50 percent — bringing the number dead from the virus in the city up to 3,869.

Meanwhile, the number of confirmed cases in the city since the outbreak began was also increased, though by only 325 with the official tally now standing at 50,333.

The Wuhan government said that the revisions were made “in the principle of being responsible for history, the people, and the deceased” and in the interest of being “open, transparent, and accurate.”

It offered four reasons to explain the discrepancies in the data:

Some patients died at home without being treated by hospitals that were overwhelmed and over-capacity. Because the hospitals were overwhelmed, some belated and erroneous reporting slipped through. Some private hospitals, makeshift hospitals, and other medical institutions were not linked up to the health ministry’s epidemic information network and failed to report their data in time. The information of some deceased patients was incomplete and there were mistakes in the reporting.

The revision comes as increased questions have been raised over the validity of China’s coronavirus numbers as other countries have reported far more cases and deaths than the home of the virus’s original epicenter.

Earlier this month, it was reported that US intelligence agencies had spelled out their own doubts in a report to the White House, stating that China intentionally concealed the extent of the outbreak in its country, under-reporting both the total number of cases and deaths.

The report caused Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying to go off on a 10-minute tirade, condemning US officials for their “endless, immoral slanders.”

Undeterred, President Donald Trump has continued to frequently mention his own mistrust of China’s numbers at press conferences.

“Do you think you’re getting honest numbers from some of these countries? Do you really believe those numbers in this vast country called China and that they have a certain number of cases, a certain number of deaths. Does anybody really believe that?” Trump said at a White House presser this week.

"Do you think you're getting honest numbers from some of these countries? Do you really believe those numbers in this vast country called China and that they have a certain number of cases, a certain number of deaths… Does anyone really believe that?" – President Donald Trump pic.twitter.com/tSNLWES1jR — Nathan Brand (@NathanBrandWA) April 15, 2020

The revised Wuhan numbers are still not in the same neighborhood as estimates made by some critics who have concluded that the virus infected hundreds of thousands of people in Wuhan while killing tens of thousands.

These estimates are based on reports from a mortuary in Wuhan where 5,000 urns were delivered in just two days and residents waited in line for hours to retrieve the remains of their loved ones.