China's Hubei province reports zero new cases on April 7 vs zero on April 6

Reuters reports that Mainland China reported on Wednesday 62 new confirmed cases of the new coronavirus, up from 32 a day earlier, the National Health Commission said, as the number of infections from people arriving from abroad surged. Mainland China's imported cases stood at 1,042 as of Tuesday, up 59 from day earlier, according to the health authority.

That brings the total number of confirmed cases to 81,802 so far.

• Mainland China reports 62 new confirmed cases of coronavirus on April 7 vs 32 on April 6.
• Mainland China's imported coronavirus cases at 1,042 as of end-April 7, up 59 from day earlier.
• Mainland China reports 137 new asymptomatic coronavirus cases on April 7 vs 30 on April 6.
• Mainland China's total number of confirmed coronavirus cases reaches 81,802 as of end-April 7.
• Mainland China reports 2 new coronavirus deaths on April 7 vs zero deaths on April 6.
• Mainland China's total number of coronavirus deaths reaches 3,333 as of end-April 7.
• China's Hubei province reports zero new cases on April 7 vs zero on April 6.
• China's Hubei province reports 1 new death on April 7 vs zero on April 6.

As for the world's cases, markets continued the positive tone buoyed by expectations that COVID-19 cases may be starting to peak and China's Hubei province reporting zero new cases again is good for risk sentiment. 

Meanwhile, AUD/USD has been one of the top performers, although is pressure din Asia on recent downgrade headlines: AUD/USD slips beneath 0.6150 as S&P cuts Australia outlook