China reports 89 new coronavirus cases in the mainland on April 13 vs 108 a day earlier

Ross J Burland FXStreet

China reports 89 new coronavirus cases in the mainland on April 13 vs 108 a day earlier.

China reports zero new deaths in the Mainland from virus outbreak on April 13 vs 2 a day earlier.
China reports 86 new imported coronavirus cases in Mainland by end of April 13 vs 98 a day earlier.
China reports 54 new asymptomatic coronavirus cases in Mainland on April 13 vs 61 a day earlier.
China says total of 82,249 coronavirus cases in mainland reported by end of April 13.
China says total of 3,341 deaths from coronavirus outbreak reported in mainland China by end of April 13.
China's Hubei province reports zero new coronavirus cases on April 13, same as day earlier.
China's Hubei province reports zero new coronavirus deaths on April 13 vs 2 a day earlier.

The news comes as the total cases reported for COVID-1 tops 2-million ad gold shoots beyond the $1,700 mark to score fresh 7-year highs.

More here: Breaking: Reported COVID-19 cases around the world surpassed 2 million

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