China reports 39 new COVID-19 cases, 21 from local transmission

The National Health Commission of China confirmed this Thursday the detection of 39 new positives from the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 in the previous day, 21 of them by local contagion and the rest, imported.

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Community transmission cases were reported in Tianjin (north, 9), Guangzhou (southeast, 9), Beijing (north, 2), and Zhejiang (east, 1).

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The remaining 18 infections, found among travelers from abroad, were detected in various regions of the country, half of them in Shanghai, one of the main gateways to China, which has kept its borders practically closed since March 2020.

Health authorities also reported today the detection of 96 asymptomatic cases, only one of them local, although Beijing does not count them as confirmed cases unless they show symptoms.

The National Health Commission also detailed that, until last local midnight (4:00 p.m. GMT on Wednesday), one hundred patients were discharged after successfully overcoming COVID-19.

The total number of active infected in mainland China amounts to 1,741, eight of them in serious condition.

According to the institution’s accounts, since the start of the pandemic, 106,241 people have been infected in the country and 4,636 have died.

To date, medical follow-up has been carried out on more than 1.5 million close contacts with those infected, of which 40,589 are still under observation.

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Source: Elcomercio

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