China registers 43 new cases of coronavirus, 13 by local transmission

The National Health Commission of China confirmed today the detection of 43 new positives for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus this Saturday, 13 of them due to local contagion.

The remaining 30 infections, found among travelers from abroad, were detected in various regions of the country, most of them in Shanghai, one of the main gateways to China, which has kept its borders practically closed since March 2020.

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Health authorities also reported today the detection of 40 asymptomatic cases, all of them from abroad, although Beijing does not count them as confirmed cases unless they show symptoms.

The National Health Commission also detailed that, until last local midnight (16:00 GMT on Saturday), 104 patients were discharged after successfully overcoming covid.

The total number of active infected in mainland China amounts to 1,510, six of them in serious condition.

According to the institution’s accounts, since the start of the pandemic, 106,340 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 42,981 are still under observation.

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Source: Elcomercio

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