China reports 24 new COVID-19 cases vs 32 a day earlier
China reported 24 new COVID-19 cases on April 5, down from 32 cases a day earlier, the national health authority said on Tuesday. The National Health Commission said in a statement that 15 of the new cases were local infections.
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China reported 24 new COVID-19 cases on April 5, down from 32 cases a day earlier, the national health authority said on Tuesday. The National Health Commission said in a statement that 15 of the new cases were local infections. All of the local infections were reported in Ruili, a city in the southwestern Yunnan province that borders Myanmar that has ordered home quarantine and restricted the flow of people after a new cluster emerged.
Authorities said separately on Tuesday that 12 of the new COVID-19 cases in Ruili were previously asymptomatic patients. The number of new asymptomatic cases, which China does not classify as confirmed cases, fell to 17 from 18 cases a day earlier.
The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Mainland China now stands at 90,329, while the death toll remained unchanged at 4,636.
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