China registers 101 new cases of coronavirus, the highest number in 12 days

The National Health Commission of China announced today the detection of 101 new positives of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 this Sunday, 80 of them due to local contagion.

The 80 local positives were found in Zhejiang (east, 74), Inner Mongolia (north, 5) and Shaanxi (center, 1) provinces.

The remaining 21 cases were detected among overseas travelers in Shanghai (east, 5), Guangzhou (southeast, 5), Guangxi (south, 4), Beijing (2), Yunnan (south, 2), Jilin (northeast, 1 ), Jiangsu (east, 1) and Zhejiang (east, 1).

This is the highest figure since December 1, when 113 positives were announced.

The health authorities also reported today the detection of 17 asymptomatic cases, all from abroad, although Beijing does not count them as confirmed cases unless they manifest symptoms.

The total of this type of infections under observation is 444, of which 398 come from other territories.

The National Health Commission also detailed that, until last local midnight (16:00 GMT on Sunday), 43 patients were discharged after successfully overcoming the covid.

The total number of infected persons active in the China continental amounts to 1,381, 27 of which are serious.

According to the institution’s accounts, since the beginning of the pandemic, 99,780 people have been infected in the country, among whom 93,763 have managed to heal and 4,636 have died.

To date, 1,361,008 close contacts with infected people have been followed up, of which 51,333 are still under observation.

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