beijing sources stated that china has reported over 100 new COVID-19 cases for the first time in recent weeks, while two more people have died in the central Hubei Province, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus, taking the death toll in the country to 3,341, health officials said on Monday. According to China's National health Commission (NHC), a total of 1,378 imported and 1,064 asymptomatic cases, as well as ten local infections have been reported. Ten new domestically transmitted cases were reported, seven in Heilongjiang Province and three in Guangdong Province.
Furthermore as many as 108 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in the country on sunday, of which 98 were people returning from abroad. Two deaths were reported all in epicentre Hubei Province, taking the overall death toll to 3,341, it said.Also as of sunday, china had a total of 1,378 imported cases, of which 511 were discharged from hospitals after recovery and 867 were being treated with 38 in severe condition.
Chinese officials say imported cases are on the rise as hundreds of people are returning to the country from various COVID 19 hotspots abroad, even though the deadly virus has been contained in epicentres of Hubei province and its capital Wuhan. china on sunday rushed a team of medical experts to its north-eastern city of Suifenhe, bordering russia, after a spike in the number of imported coronavirus cases from the neighbouring country. Suifenhe has so far reported 194 confirmed cases and more than 100 asymptomatic coronavirus carriers, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday. Most of the patients were Chinese nationals who crossed the border in recent days. Experts said the number may increase.
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