China imported coronavirus cases exceed new local attacks for second day
15 March, 2020
The quantity of new coronavirus cases that found mainland China from overseas surpassed the quantity of locally transmitted new infections for the next time on Saturday (Mar 14), info released by the National Health Commission (NHC) showed on Sunday.
Mainland China had 20 new confirmed cases of coronavirus attacks on Mar 14, up from 11 situations a day earlier. Of Saturday's cases, 16 involved travellers entering China from abroad, it said.
The rest of the four cases were recorded in the location of Wuhan, where in fact the coronavirus outbreak is believed to have first begun. Saturday likewise marked the tenth consecutive day time where Hubei province, which Wuhan is the capital, recorded zero brand-new infections outside Wuhan.
The latest numbers underscore how China, where in fact the epidemic commenced in December, seems to now face a larger risk of new infections from outside its borders since it continues to slow the spread of the virus domestically.
Of the 16 imported cases, five were within the capital Beijing and three in Shanghai. The provinces of Zhejiang, Gansu and Guangdong respectively reported four, three and one cases.
The Shanghai case engaged a Chinese indigenous who lived in the Italian city of Milan, and travelled back again to China via Frankfurt about Mar 12, the federal government said.
The Gansu government said among its cases was entirely on a charter flight from Iran while the other two were travellers from Saudi Arabia.
Saturday's figures bring the total amount of confirmed cases in mainland China up to now to 80,844.
The death toll from the outbreak in mainland China had reached 3,199 as of the finish of Saturday, up by 10 from the previous day. All ten deaths occurred in Wuhan, the NHC said.
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