China reports 27 new virus deaths, fall in new cases
08 March, 2020
China on Sunday (Mar 8) reported 27 new deaths from the coronavirus, taking the nationwide toll to 3,097.
There were 44 latest cases of the infection, virtually all in the virus epicentre of Hubei province, in line with the National Health Commission.
That brings the full total number of confirmed conditions in China to 80,695.
Only three cases, most imported from overseas, were reported beyond Hubei, in Beijing and the northwest province of Gansu.
New infections reported from Hubei have been on a downward trend for many weeks and at 41, the amount of new cases is the lowest since quarantine actions were imposed on the province in late January.
A senior government official hinted on Friday that China may quickly lift up the lockdown on the province imposed in later January, which includes effectively restricted the activity of some 56 million persons in Hubei.
Nationwide new infections are also over a downward trend, but confirmed imported cases have prompted fears on recent times that infections could swell simply because people get infected overseas.
The quantity of coronavirus cases has risen worldwide to a lot more than 100,000, with 3,500 dead across 95 nations and territories.
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