This content was published on April 26, 2021 – 01:56
Beijing, Apr 26 (EFE) .- The National Health Commission of China announced today the detection of 11 new positives of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus this Sunday, all of them from abroad.
The 11 cases were diagnosed in travelers coming from outside the Chinese borders in the metropolitan area of Shanghai (east, 2) and in the provinces of Yunnan (south, 3), Sichuan (center, 2), Jiangsu (east, 1 ), Fujian (southeast, 1), Canton (southeast, 1) and Shaanxi (center, 1).
In addition, the health authorities also reported today the detection of 18 new asymptomatic infections, all of them “imported”, although Beijing does not include them as confirmed cases unless they manifest symptoms.
The total of this type of infections under observation is 325, of which 314 come from other territories.
Likewise, the National Health Commission detailed that, until last local midnight (16:00 GMT on Sunday), 8 patients were discharged after successfully overcoming covid-19.
Thus, the total number of active infected in mainland China stood at 311, four of them serious.
The institution noted that since the beginning of the pandemic, 90,599 people have been infected in the country, among which 85,652 have managed to heal and 4,636 have died.
To date, 1,005,931 close contacts with infected people have been followed up, of which 8,810 continue to be observed. EFE
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