It’s been suspected for some time now that China has been lying about their number of coronavirus cases and deaths. Based on the data that they’re providing, there have only been a total of 82,000 cases and 3,300 deaths.

According to some recent data gathered from an intelligence report, that number is much MUCH higher. Based on numbers from an intelligence report, it’s possible that at least 21 million people have died in China from the virus.

According to the US, the intercepted data that shows that China underreported its coronavirus infections and deaths was validated for a second time when it tallied with a data released by Beijing authorities. Beijing announced on March 19 that over 21 million cell phone accounts in China were canceled in the past three months while 840,000 landlines were closed.

China had reported little over 81,000 infections with 3,300 deaths.

An earlier intelligence report released by the US that China hid scale of the outbreak was quickly rejected by Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying. Hua said the country had been “open and transparent” about the extent of the outbreak before accusing Washington of trying to “shift the blame.”

But US officials say the report has been authenticated and has been confirmed that the closing of the phones numbers were as result of deaths caused by coronavirus. “Cell phones are an indispensable part of life in China and its only closed when the user is dead”, the report said.

It would be extremely strange for that many cell phone users to have their accounts closed in China. People in China are very technology-oriented and depend on their phones for normal everyday things ranging from just basic communication to buying train tickets which is a big thing in China, shopping, and even getting their money from the government for their pensions and social security.