Mainland China reported 6 new coronavirus cases as of end-April 23, down from 10 reported a day earlier

Reuters reports that Mainland China reported 6 new coronavirus cases as of end-April 23, down from 10 reported a day earlier, putting the total number of COVID-19 infections at 82,804.

China's National Health Commission said in a statement on Friday that 2 of the new cases were so-called imported ones involving travellers from overseas.

There were 6 such imported cases reported a day earlier.

Number of new asymptomatic patients, those infected with the virus but not exhibiting symptoms, rose to 34 from 27 reported a day earlier. COVID-19 death toll for mainland China remained unchanged at 4,632.

Key notes

• China reports 6 new coronavirus cases in Mainland as of end-April 23 vs 10 a day earlier.
• China reports 2 new imported coronavirus cases in Mainland as of end-April 23 vs 6 a day earlier.
• China reports no new deaths in Mainland from virus outbreak as of end-April 23 vs zero a day earlier.
• China says 34 new asymptomatic coronavirus cases in mainland reported as of end-April 23 vs 27 a day earleir.
• China says total of 82,804 coronavirus cases in mainland china reported as of end-April 23.
• China says total of 4,632 deaths from coronavirus outbreak reported in mainland China as of end-April 23.

Meanwhile, the data is being updated, but yesterday's new cases had only risen 2.5% which is the slowest rate this month. According to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, since 31 December 2019 and as of 23 April 2020, 2 588 068 cases of COVID-19 (in accordance with the applied case definitions and testing strategies in the affected countries) have been reported, including 182 808 deaths. 

Source: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

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