Mainland China reported 30 new coronavirus cases on
Saturday, up from 19 a day earlier as the number of cases involving travellers
from abroad as well as local transmissions increased, highlighting the
difficulty in stamping out the outbreak.
The National Health Commission said in a statement on
Sunday that 25 of the latest cases involved people who had entered from abroad,
compared with 18 such cases a day earlier. Five new locally transmitted
infections were also reported on Saturday, all in the southern coastal province
of Guangdong, up from a day earlier.
The mainland has now reported a total of 81,669 cases,
while the death toll has risen by three to 3,329.
Though daily infections have fallen dramatically from the
height of the epidemic in February, when hundreds of new cases were reported
daily, Beijing remains unable to completely halt new infections despite
imposing some of the most drastic measures to curb the virus's spread.
The so-called imported cases and asymptomatic patients, who
have the virus and can give it to others but show no symptoms, have become
among China's chief concerns in recent weeks. The country has closed off its
borders to almost all foreigners as the virus spread globally, though most of
the imported cases involve Chinese nationals returning from overseas.
The central government also has pushed local authorities to
identify and isolate the asymptomatic patients.
The health commission said 47 new asymptomatic cases were
reported in the mainland on Saturday, compared with 64 a day earlier.
- Reuters
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